Kc Corning
Bronze member
So the other day I was at the park working on my back flips. I just now got no handed back flips down. I was working on doing dub whip flips and such and de-hubbed my rear 110 Drive wheel. The impression I got from the 110 Drive's were the same when I started riding 110 YAK's. They were squrly as hell, but fast as hell.
I also would like to share with everyone MY prime way to install and re-install bearings in metal core wheels. Here is what you do...
Take a pair of old bearings and with a flat head screw driver and a hammer. Do your best into trying to get the outside race of the bearing to detach from the ball bearings and cartridge. It should look like a Finger Ring. Once that is done all you need are some washers and a 5/16" bolt. About 3-4 inches long. Now you have a Bearing Compressor. This new tool will insure that the proper pressure is distributed around the outside ring of the bearing and does not damage the inside ring and ball bearings when you install new bearings in metal core wheels.
When installing the bearings to the wheel the lubricant that I use is WD40. Spray a light coat on the inside of the hub of the metal core wheel. Then, place the bearings on the hub as if you were about to push them into place. Take your new "Bearing Compressor" and stick the bolt through the bearing into the other side of the wheel. Then take the bearing spacer (the little metal tube that goes in between your bearings) and slide it down the bolt as if the bolt was an axle. Then place the other bearing on the other side and tighten the bolt so that the bearings compress simultaneously into the hub of the metal core wheel.
Note: When you are tightening the bolt, make sure the bearings go in straight and not sideways. You can damage your metal core wheels if you compress the bearings at an angle. The bearing is Steal and the hub is AluminumÃ?Æ?Ã?â??Ã?â??Ã?¢Ã?Æ?Ã?¢Ã?¢ââ??¬Ã?¡Ã?â??Ã?¬Ã?Æ?ââ?¬Å¡Ã?â??Ã?¦
When you want to get the bearings out of the hub, simply take a PM/B1 axle, sick it in the bearing and make sure that the bearing spacer between the bearings in the wheel is pushed to the side (when its loose it can move around in between the bearings) The axle should stop and hit the bearing spacer when its pushed to the side. Turn the wheel upside down so that the axle is sticking out of the bottom of the wheel when you hold the wheel flat horizontally. Drop the wheel about a foot above the ground and the bearing should pop right out. Then take that axle and flip it so the Allen Key side (button top) is pushing on the bearing and do the same thing by dropping it on the ground.
That is how I have always done it and it works great. Tell me what you thinkÃ?Æ?Ã?â??Ã?â??Ã?¢Ã?Æ?Ã?¢Ã?¢ââ??¬Ã?¡Ã?â??Ã?¬Ã?Æ?ââ?¬Å¡Ã?â??Ã?¦
I also would like to share with everyone MY prime way to install and re-install bearings in metal core wheels. Here is what you do...
Take a pair of old bearings and with a flat head screw driver and a hammer. Do your best into trying to get the outside race of the bearing to detach from the ball bearings and cartridge. It should look like a Finger Ring. Once that is done all you need are some washers and a 5/16" bolt. About 3-4 inches long. Now you have a Bearing Compressor. This new tool will insure that the proper pressure is distributed around the outside ring of the bearing and does not damage the inside ring and ball bearings when you install new bearings in metal core wheels.
When installing the bearings to the wheel the lubricant that I use is WD40. Spray a light coat on the inside of the hub of the metal core wheel. Then, place the bearings on the hub as if you were about to push them into place. Take your new "Bearing Compressor" and stick the bolt through the bearing into the other side of the wheel. Then take the bearing spacer (the little metal tube that goes in between your bearings) and slide it down the bolt as if the bolt was an axle. Then place the other bearing on the other side and tighten the bolt so that the bearings compress simultaneously into the hub of the metal core wheel.
Note: When you are tightening the bolt, make sure the bearings go in straight and not sideways. You can damage your metal core wheels if you compress the bearings at an angle. The bearing is Steal and the hub is AluminumÃ?Æ?Ã?â??Ã?â??Ã?¢Ã?Æ?Ã?¢Ã?¢ââ??¬Ã?¡Ã?â??Ã?¬Ã?Æ?ââ?¬Å¡Ã?â??Ã?¦
When you want to get the bearings out of the hub, simply take a PM/B1 axle, sick it in the bearing and make sure that the bearing spacer between the bearings in the wheel is pushed to the side (when its loose it can move around in between the bearings) The axle should stop and hit the bearing spacer when its pushed to the side. Turn the wheel upside down so that the axle is sticking out of the bottom of the wheel when you hold the wheel flat horizontally. Drop the wheel about a foot above the ground and the bearing should pop right out. Then take that axle and flip it so the Allen Key side (button top) is pushing on the bearing and do the same thing by dropping it on the ground.
That is how I have always done it and it works great. Tell me what you thinkÃ?Æ?Ã?â??Ã?â??Ã?¢Ã?Æ?Ã?¢Ã?¢ââ??¬Ã?¡Ã?â??Ã?¬Ã?Æ?ââ?¬Å¡Ã?â??Ã?¦
