Wheel Bearing
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You may want to check the bearings before investing. It could be a damaged race or a bearing that is seized. Why put money into a part when all it needed was some tlc and grease.
**On a side note, before putting your bearings back in the bike, throw them in a zip lock baggy and in the freezer so they contract, it will make them easier to get back in.
**On a side note, before putting your bearings back in the bike, throw them in a zip lock baggy and in the freezer so they contract, it will make them easier to get back in.
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Because saving $19 isn't worth seizing a bearing while riding. You'll take a far more expensive trip over the high side of your bike, and it might possibly be your last.
This isn't a car. You don't skimp on the things that can kill you.
This isn't a car. You don't skimp on the things that can kill you.
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This style of sealed bearings are not user-serviceable - and are not intended to be repacked or rebuilt. If there's trash in there that has caused a "sieze up", or a ball or roller has a crack or flat spot, or if a race is worn or pitted, then put good parts in there.
As Jesse mentioned - it is such a low dollar part, that you will then get years and years, possibly the rest of the serviceable lifetime of the bike back out of.
This isn't a skateboard or bicycle hub, it is a machine that we all know is going to spend serious amounts of time, at speed, in traffic. Skimp on the super cool headlight upgrade, or undertail, or LED accent lighting, or color-matched grips. Don't skimp on the mechanical parts, when the good stuff cost less than a decent steak dinner.
As Jesse mentioned - it is such a low dollar part, that you will then get years and years, possibly the rest of the serviceable lifetime of the bike back out of.
This isn't a skateboard or bicycle hub, it is a machine that we all know is going to spend serious amounts of time, at speed, in traffic. Skimp on the super cool headlight upgrade, or undertail, or LED accent lighting, or color-matched grips. Don't skimp on the mechanical parts, when the good stuff cost less than a decent steak dinner.
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