Proto Wheels, Suck.

[Derek Seay]

I got brand new Proto grippers a week ago, And My bearings shook back and forth. So, i invested in new bearings, i installed them. Did a drop test and it was nice and dialed. Did a double whip flat. And the bearings shake back and foth again. And my scooter sounds like shit. If i take my wheels out of my scooter and shake them, the bearing spacer moves around. I tried the bearing spacers that came with my wheels, and the ones that came with my bearings and they both move.
What can i do??

 

[CJ Treihart]

tape.

 

[Carson .]

Buy these and see if it helps.
http://www.nolimitscooters.com/#/es-bearing-spacers/4544204964

 

[Derek Seay]

CJ, that's not the point. Wheels shouldn't ovalise in a week.

And Dirt Clod, I would, But i see them just being useless too.

 

[Hunter Treviranus]

try a little bit bigger bearing spacer? like these http://shop.inward-scooters.com/product.sc?productId=282&categoryId=17
but ya i know ive had my protos for about 2 and a half months and one of my protos is completly dehubbing around the whole core but scooter zone never gave me a receipt so i cant get a warrentie for it

 

[Derek Seay]

proto's going down the drain. None of my other wheels ovalised this fast. (my eagles just dehubbed). Haha

 

[Carson .]

Sometimes they come slightly ovalized.

 

[Derek Seay]

They take effort to put in though,

 

[Carson .]

yeah i know. uhm. just try a little tap and those bearing spacers i showwed you

 

[Snyder]

there not ovalized at all. the bearing slots on proto wheels are just a little wider than other wheels. this is because in the first batch, there was a lot of bitching about how hard it was to get bearings in. you dont need to buy bearing spacers and shit. all you gotta do is put a little electric tape on the outside. they will be fine and the wheels dont suck.

 

[Derek Seay]

The tape thing, that wouldn't keep my bearing spacers from moving though?

 

[Micah.]

i dont see how the tape would work, i mean when you put the bearing in wouldnt it smash the tape?

 

[Derek Seay]

You put the tape in the wheel, then put your bearings in, so it samshes and takes up space

 

[DJ Lee]

ive had 2 pairs of protos that have blasted past 6 months each without a single problem. you must have just had a bad batch. but i have phoenixes nao so yah

edit, just read the rest. umm, tape wouldnt do anything if im mistaken, but one trick would be, take the standard spacer, put it on a axle, and hit it with a hammer evenly to push out the metal to make it wider. or go and buy some tubing with 8mm ID and cut more urself i guess

 

[Derek Seay]

My spoked sliders lasted a year or so, and were fine.
But these are horrible.

 

[DJ Lee]

well i do have to say, when my friend bought his spoked grippers, which were the first ever batch, his bearing slots were just loose enough, and now his wheels always sound like a noisy shopping cart wheel. and we cant fix it

 

[Derek Seay]

Thats how mine sound now, there a week old.

 

[devinthedew2]

Well make it so your spacer doesnt move without pushing it my sliders and dialed as fuck on my scooter so i think you need a bigger spacer and either sand it down or scrap it across the concrete to get it just right.

 

[Derek Seay]

Bump, my bearings came with these tiny little washers, called 'Speed rings" you think if i put those between my bearing/spacer that might work?

 

[devinthedew2]

Do what i said if your spacer is loose.