Wheel Bearing Reducer?
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Wheel Bearing Reducer?
Anyone here ever hear of such a thing?
Why not just replace the wheel bearings? Or is a quarter inch more than you can make up with using bearings?
http://www.bkrider.com/bkrider/SKUSe...eria=C01001516
Why not just replace the wheel bearings? Or is a quarter inch more than you can make up with using bearings?
http://www.bkrider.com/bkrider/SKUSe...eria=C01001516
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If you don't have your axle nut torqued to spec, your wheel bearing may be turning on the axle. Have you ever had to press your axle through a wheel to install it?? That's what the spacers are for, to pinch down on the inner race and and keep it from moving while the bearings and outer race do move.
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If you don't have your axle nut torqued to spec, your wheel bearing may be turning on the axle. Have you ever had to press your axle through a wheel to install it?? That's what the spacers are for, to pinch down on the inner race and and keep it from moving while the bearings and outer race do move.
Last edited by tallboy56; Nov 11, 2011 at 04:46 PM. Reason: misunderstood the writer's comment
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Wheel Bearing Reducer must be something new....Never heard of it!
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Some wheels like mine have 3/4 axle. Guess you put these in a larger 1" ID bearing and run them on 3/4 axles. Need to be real careful. Some axles are actually 25mm or 0.984 My opinion is doing this kind of adapting is dangerious.
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Anyone here ever hear of such a thing?
Why not just replace the wheel bearings? Or is a quarter inch more than you can make up with using bearings?
http://www.bkrider.com/bkrider/SKUSe...eria=C01001516
Why not just replace the wheel bearings? Or is a quarter inch more than you can make up with using bearings?
http://www.bkrider.com/bkrider/SKUSe...eria=C01001516
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This is the way to go when swapping wheels. Changing the bearings will require a trip to the machine shop for the inner spacer...this eliminates that step and they sell them for 25mm too.