Bearings are getting ****ed up

[Ellie]

Yay got new bearings and grippers. Hitting them with a hammer with a cloth to get them into the wheels. They're fucking up. And I can't get them into the wheel. Why. Whats the secret. They're gritty now UGH how will I ever take them out

 

[Connorh333]

just put them on they will spin fine.

 

[Robert]

grease the bearing slots and then do this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHLqQIyp2b0

 

[DavidBryson]

grease the bearing slots and then do this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHLqQIyp2b0

this

 

[Dewey]

ive done that before, i thought i was the first to do it haha

 

[All-Weld]

ive done that before, i thought i was the first to do it haha

Lol...they have been installing skateboard and inline skate bearings this way forever.
(as well as installing bearings in all sorts of equipment.)
Works great, just make sure the bearings go in straight, if they start getting crooked it can fuckup your wheel.

 

[matr!]

Don't use a hammer. lol. Thats like trying to fit a baby in a lunchbox with a chisel, it won't really work and you will make a mess of everything.

Use a front axle, and put old bearings on either side of the new bearings, then tighten that bitch up. Oil the slots if that helps.