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Skateboarding => Skate Questions => Topic started by: SPHALT on October 03, 2019, 11:30:05 PM
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Please help me cleaning bearings and show me your verbal talents on dissing that topic please.
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everybody around here just uses windex
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I soak mine in piss. The yellower the better, so that early morning, first piss of the day is best.
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up that hydration level bro
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Use window cleanning liquid (such as blue stuff sprays).
Never rinse them!Idea is to avoid any water treatment in the process.
The first ingredient in Windex is water.
Ask your mom to buy you some acetone and some latex gloves
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Pop the shields, douse (but don’t dip) in 90% rubbing alcohol, spin to dry, put shields back on or don’t.
Second life for bearings.
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i pop em out, put them in the trash and get new ones. cunt be bothered with that nonsense.
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dump them shits in a small bottle of gas shake and bake son and relube. Also focus this thread it sucks bro.
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Step 1 - Remove axle nut
Step 2 - Pull wheel half way off axle
Step 3 - Apply pressure to one side of wheel on edge of axle to remove bearing
Step 4 - Repeat 1-3 until all bearings are out
Step 5 - Throw all the bearings in the trash, focus deck.
Step 6 - Take up something else
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Pop the shields, douse (but don’t dip) in 90% rubbing alcohol, spin to dry, put shields back on or don’t.
Second life for bearings.
Back the 90% isopropyl but I do soak mine, spin them, blot them dry, and then lube them. I've had the same couple sets of reds for years now and have kept them going with this method.
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they're only like 12 dollars.... just buy new ones
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they're only like 12 dollars.... just buy new ones
Unless you're riding swiss...
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I use the bones bearing cleaner for my bearings. I fill it up about 1/3 to 1/2 of the way with rubbing alcohol, shake for a bit, dump the old liquid and repeat until it runs clear. Then I let them air dry and put on a few drops of speed cream.
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don't forget the WD-40
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I bought a set of Swiss a few months back. Been skating them with the spacers and shields of course. I noticed a slowdown recently so I cleaned a set of bearings for the first time in my life. I did it by the books. Popped the shields, cleaned them with acetone in the cleaner bottle kit, and put two drops of speed cream in each. Damn. Well worth the little bit of effort. If you invest in Swiss, you might as well clean them.
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Please help me cleaning bearings and show me your verbal talents on dissing that topic please.
Don't... Just take the shields off and don't skate through mud or when it's damp and any bearings will last. I've had hard luck 6balls in for 2 and a half-ish years, never done anything to them and they are loud and fast a fuck still.
Bones reds are over rated. Bronson are a load of shit that don't spin and lock up real quick (I've set up 2 pairs in the last year and both times was robbed of my money and a working product) resorted back to the hard lucks both times. Gunna stick on this ship till they fail me
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Step 1 - Remove axle nut
Step 2 - Pull wheel half way off axle
Step 3 - Apply pressure to one side of wheel on edge of axle to remove bearing
Step 4 - Repeat 1-3 until all bearings are out
Step 5 - Throw all the bearings in the trash, focus deck.
Step 6 - Take up something else
Best advice
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A good bubble bath with them works, don't for get your ducky!
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I have these from photography but these are used a lot when I'm doing my bearing routine. I'm not saying buy this one exactly, but shop around for a good one.
https://www.amazon.com/Silicone-Cleaning-Instruments-Keyboards-Telescope/dp/B07Y1TKXVK/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=photography+bulb+blower&qid=1578945303&sr=8-3
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61ImVwQxkNL._AC_SL1000_.jpg)
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I do it every once in awhile but cleaning bearings has also fucked a few of them up. I have best luck with Bones 6balls. For whatever reason they stay clean longer and when I do clean them I get better results. If its a $25 bearing, I don't bother....
But here's my technique. Take the whole thing apart. Don't just pop the shields, remove the balls from the cages completely. Put races and balls in glass jar and swish with Isopropyl alcohol (min 90%). Depending how dirty let soak and/ or add to some fresh solution after first soak. Use hair dryer to dry immediately after removal. Wipe the cages and shields with a little alcohol also. Then curse and swear as you try and reassemble those fuckers.... lose a ball and curse some more... add 1 or 2 drops MAX of light grade oil (i use speed cream and rocking rons lube whatever the fuck he calls it.)
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buy this:
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/kAgAAOSwxGBdGf7r/s-l300.jpg)
follow this exactly:
https://bonesbearings.com/support/cleaner/
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I do it every once in awhile but cleaning bearings has also fucked a few of them up. I have best luck with Bones 6balls. For whatever reason they stay clean longer and when I do clean them I get better results. If its a $25 bearing, I don't bother....
But here's my technique. Take the whole thing apart. Don't just pop the shields, remove the balls from the cages completely. Put races and balls in glass jar and swish with Isopropyl alcohol (min 90%). Depending how dirty let soak and/ or add to some fresh solution after first soak. Use hair dryer to dry immediately after removal. Wipe the cages and shields with a little alcohol also. Then curse and swear as you try and reassemble those fuckers.... lose a ball and curse some more... add 1 or 2 drops MAX of light grade oil (i use speed cream and rocking rons lube whatever the fuck he calls it.)
Guess that was my fuck up, I removed the shields but not the cages. I have a pair of Bones Swiss (the one in the black packaging) that I cleaned but I guess I wasn't thorough enough.
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Something else to consider is have lots of spares around. When I change wheels, I take out the slower bearings, put in the spares. Then when I have time clean the spares and toss the ones that can't be salvaged. I find it saves me from just tossing the whole set and getting new bearings.
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Something else to consider is have lots of spares around. When I change wheels, I take out the slower bearings, put in the spares. Then when I have time clean the spares and toss the ones that can't be salvaged. I find it saves me from just tossing the whole set and getting new bearings.
Dangerous.
Whenever I have a "spare" set of bearings it becomes a new setup pretty soon. Bearings are the most expensive and least fun part to buy so once I have an "extra" set laying around, I start looking at new decks/wheels/trucks I want to try.
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I just got some spitfire cheap blue bearings and they have to be the worst I’ve ever bought. So fucking slow on 54mm F4s.
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Been riding same set of Swiss for years, 3,4, maybe 5 years.
Got a gift card for holiday present and bought some new Swiss.
Didn’t swap them in yet but when I do it’s shields off immediately.
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pop bearings out, remove shields, chuck in a sealable bottle with enough citrus degreaser to cover the bearings. give it a good shake, leave for a few mins and repeat that a couple times. take the bearings out, rinse under water and shake/dry em off with a towel then blast with a hairdryer to get em fully dry. lube and put them back in. might not be the best way to do it but its always worked for me. can also filter the degreaser and get a couple of uses out of it.
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pop bearings out, remove shields, chuck in a sealable bottle with enough citrus degreaser to cover the bearings. give it a good shake, leave for a few mins and repeat that a couple times. take the bearings out, rinse under water and shake/dry em off with a towel then blast with a hairdryer to get em fully dry. lube and put them back in. might not be the best way to do it but its always worked for me. can also filter the degreaser and get a couple of uses out of it.
Citrus works in a pinch and I've certainly used it but a lot of the time it has detergents and other shit in it that leaves a residue, especially the cheap ones that you get from the dollar store. Personally I think the best way is using a good, strong, and relatively pure solvent (acetone, 91% isopropyl alcohol, fred gall's urine etc) that will evaporate quickly and cleanly for the cleaning step, then after its all shiny and new add the lightweight lubricant of your choice. I use 91% isopropyl or pure acetone depending on the situation since I have access to virtually unlimited quantities of both where I work. Acetone is really good but it will eat away at seals and even some retainers so I usually just use the alcohol to avoid having to pop the balls out and put them back together unless its a serious issue like them totally seizing up from rust.
For lube a lot of people love speedcream and it works fine for me, but I'm actually using this "liberty oil" stuff that was given to me by one of the grease monkeys where I work and it's pretty awesome. It's a really light pure synthetic oil that comes in bottle with the cheapest label I've ever seen, but it works wonders. I had a set of Flip HKD 7s that I got wet without realizing and they completely rusted, like the balls were basically welded to the races with rust and I had to break them off after taking the retainer out. After cleaning with alcohol for 24 hours and a little bit of elbow grease they were back to about the speed of a bearing off a kmart board. Added a few drops of the liberty and spun them a few times and you'd never know they'd been nearly destroyed other than the fact they're loud as shit now.