How to properly clean your bearings

[Nate Grant]

Just push harder.

thats what she said

 

[Rosco]

/\ hhahaha. Nice

 

[Remco]

I think I'm gonna give this a try. Looks like a good idea!

 

[Hep Greg]

stock bearings are good because they're sealed... they've got a double crown covering both sides of the balls, so its super hard for dirt to get in there.

 

[Racer52]

DONT use wd40 or tri flow. It makes your wheel soooooooooooooooooo dirty

 

[Chandler Hab]

sticky dis.

 

[idk47]

Good job Dommmy!

 

[Dom Marconi]

this has to be stickied

 

[Joe Manson]

I just finished cleaning mine
Put them in petrol and kept spinning them for ages then covered them in grease

worked great

 

[Rob.]

This is indeed useful.
i shall do it tomorrah.

 

[Domsicle]

Thanks peeps

fyi This is seriously the same exact way that down hill long boarders clean there bearings.

 

[chris debrabant]

i just did this and it completley removed all the dirt and build up i dont have speed cream though so ill see how it works out....

 

[Domsicle]

use a bit of grease then. Like a tiny bit, because if you really care about what happens to your bearings then I would highly advise to not ride them without any lube.

 

[Rob.]

holy fucking shit, i did this to my super swiss 6 ball bearings.
...
i bombed down hills nearly matching cars.
STICKY THIS.
it is good.
i used a razor and the inner slit of the shield.
haw haw

 

[Domsicle]

^^^
hey thanks man, this shiz should be stickied. lol I had 6 ball bearings and I broke the shit outta one of them so Im gonna get 1 more and use it for a cruiser

 

[chris debrabant]

alright im gonna go lube em up right now haha

 

[mitchm.]

you can also put them in a cup of gas for one hour

 

[Mitten404]

yeah so how bout i just did these with stock razor bearings just to see how it worked. they were like rlly good. there fucked up now. one bearing is completly shot, one has a constant squeek and the other 2 have a little squeek in the back =\. used the paint thinner method

 

[chris debrabant]

yeah so how bout i just did these with stock razor bearings just to see how it worked. they were like rlly good. there fucked up now. one bearing is completly shot, one has a constant squeek and the other 2 have a little squeek in the back =\. used the paint thinner method

did you put any kind of grease in after you cleaned them??

 

[Domsicle]

yeah so how bout i just did these with stock razor bearings just to see how it worked. they were like rlly good. there fucked up now. one bearing is completly shot, one has a constant squeek and the other 2 have a little squeek in the back =\. used the paint thinner method

1) Did you take the sheilds off?

2) Are they greased or lube'd?

3) and if you lube them, did you let the bearings dry before lubing them?