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Took the spacers out of the other ones and they still locked up. I just ordered a bearing press from Amazon. On the off chance that I install my bearings wrong. Doubt that’s the case, but it’s annoying using the trucks.
Right on. Try the tightening nut all the way until the wheel stops spinning easily, and then give it a quarter turn looser, so there’s juuuuuust enough play in wheel for it to spin freely.
I’ve found that when the wheel has more play between truck and nut, it allows the bearings to pop out under stress.
Yes, that and Race Reds were the go to I had done before for wheels that have loose bearing seats, as in any wheel that the bearing either falls out of or moves.
At least the wheel has centered bearing seats, unlike some other faulty wheels where the bearing seat on one side is a little off center, which means you can't get the wheel on fully - instant return for exchange, etc.
The biggest issues with the loose bearing seat usually mean that the person with the issue is often none the wiser, just like OhioGuy here, first thinking is it axle slip (which hasn't really been an issue for a while now in most trucks) or that the bearings are bad, or something else is going on.
Ideally, having no movement will lessen the slip and still allow the wheel to spin, if not freely, at least somewhat, compared to almost zero wheel movement in some other wheels I have had and seen, which is why I had used the bearings like Race Reds with extended middle spacer bits before.
From the thread about bearings moving in bearing seats, it was established that any truck, any bearing, just different wheels, could have this problem, or no problem at all, so one solution another guy did was clean out the inside of the wheel bearing seat and clean off the outside of the bearings and this resolved some wheel problems for some sets, but not others.
I would just say that these wheels have that issue, and best to send them back, more so than try and try again with any other fix, only to have them maybe do the same thing or worse further down the line, maybe at a time when you can't send them back.
That other thread:
https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=125264.0