What wheel bearings shouldn't look like...

Jack_Cheese · World Chat Champion Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Karma :

About 2 weeks ago my rear end suddenly went wobbly while i was riding through crank. I checked the chain first because it was totally shagged, but it wasn't the cause. It was the bearings.

£10 got me 2 sealed bearings, luckily only one bearing in the rear wheel was buggered (the other two were fine). Two hours and some cursing, shouting, punch throwing etc. later, and i'd changed it, and cleaned the other two. But, you should see the state of the bearing i was riding on for a week. When the rear end went wobbly, half of the bearings had flown out of the races! Shocked

And for those people who blatantly seriously overtighten their axle bolt - DONT! The brake caliper bracket at the back of my bike meets the inside race of the right hand wheel bearing. Overtightening here will shag your bearings in record time!

Jack
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SteWhit · Nova Slayer Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Karma :

That's exactly what happened to my Mito's rear bearings. I had to drive 20 miles home from work on it tho, that was fun. Thumbs Up

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Skunkcap Freddie · Brolly Dolly Joined: 20 Oct 2005 Karma :

got my rear wheel bearings changed last week, one of the bearings had lost a few balls and made my wheel shake which worried me
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palmer · Fiddled Kiddy Joined: 21 Jul 2004 Karma :

ive gone through 3 sets of bearing in as many months Sad

the bar that they go on is worn and they keep popping out and bits of shit gets in Sad

slash · Nova Slayer Joined: 22 Aug 2005 Karma :

just get sealed bearings! I thought all bikes came with em now!!! i know its all i supply! Very Happy

Walloper · Super Spammer Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Karma :

I lost my bearings once even though I was using my GPS Nav Unit.
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Dom_ · Points Mean Prizes Joined: 02 Aug 2004 Karma :

Haha, bit like my old rs50 bearings, except mine fell apart.

and the way they chewed up the spacer...

https://www.bikechatforums.com/download.php?id=14340

brooky · Brolly Dolly Joined: 27 Jan 2006 Karma :

LMAO, The exact thing happened to me on friday night , Luckily I didnt have to push the bike too far from my sisters house.

I was going to make a thread but the lame quality of the pic put me off, but seing as there is already a post Ill show mine.

The bearings in red were the only ones left that were actually ball shaped,the rest were squares and tangled metal.

https://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/brooky86/bearings.jpg

Brooky
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Wooly R6 · World Chat Champion Joined: 19 May 2005 Karma :

isnt that what torque values are for - making sure you dont overtighten things!!!
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Jack_Cheese · World Chat Champion Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Karma :

palmer · Fiddled Kiddy Joined: 21 Jul 2004 Karma :

thats exactly what happens to mine dom Laughing

no_shad · Trackday Trickster Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Karma :

One of the rear bearings I changed when I first got the planet didn't have any ball bearings left, the race had seperated completely and all balls were ground to dust.
The other side had slight play but otherwise good.
The sprocket carrier bearing was good as new. Surprised

ZRX61 · Victor Meldrew Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Karma :

How the fuck do you muppets manage all this crap? I've been riding on the street since '76 & have NEVER had a bearing fail like the shit you guys are pulling out of your wheels. Rolling Eyes

a_morti · L Plate Warrior Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Karma :

Blimey boys, bearings don't ever "just go", when they wear out, they wear out, gradually. You never have your back wheel in the air to check/lube the chain and turn the wheel by hand? Cos you'd have spotted this if you did. Not good boys, not good. Reckon I'd hate to see any of your swing arm bearings.

0ddball · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Karma :

"What's that grinding noise?" --- Turn up the Ipod and keep riding

2 months later

"My wheel is wobbling all over the place!!" --- Ignore it and keep riding

1 month later

"My wheel just fell off!" --- There might possibly be a problem, i'll check it out next week.

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Kickstart · The Oracle Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Hi

As G says, unless you torque them up to something really stupid then overtightening the wheel spindle is not going to damage the bearing. Putting a sideways load on a ball bearing will damage it, and that is what the spacer in the middle of the wheel is there to prevent.

By the way, cannot see a way of getting wheel bearings out of the wheel without drifting them out on the inner race which is fairly certain to wreck them. If you took them out to clean them up then put them back in, expect to replace them soon.

All the best

Keith
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