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Death of a Wheel Bearing

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    OK, since James (union) badgered me about being a pansy for not wanting to remove my rear wheel myself to bring it to GMD, I read my shop manual and discovered that my 9 year old could do it. So, I removed the wheel. (this is a HUGE deal for me):


    My right wheel bearing is definitely toast. See the bits of metal for yourself:


    I'm just happy that I made it home.

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    NICE...You are lucky you made it home and lucky you didn't mess anything else up.


    Now that you have the tire off you should pop the bearing and replace it yourself. You can do it.

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    Death of a Wheel Bearing

    glad to see you manned up and pulled the tire

    now change the bearing!

    come on chuck you can do it

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    Alright Chuck you have your Cheerleaders backing you up now go for it.


    While your at it change the front too. Take your time follow the book.

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    Nope. That's someone else's job.

    Notice in the picture that the dust shield is completely destroyed.

    Damn...

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    Thats cool Chuck if your that hesitant your probably better off letting someone else do it. I just figured you could save yourself time and money. Plus the feeling you would have had doing it yourself. Oh well John we tried.

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    You can get at least another year out of that!!!

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    Sheesh, the idiot who changed your tire last probably screwed up your wheel bearing.

    Bearings are easy to install. Go for it Chuck!!!


    degs

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    Quote Originally Posted by 97BladeRider View Post
    Nope. That's someone else's job.

    Notice in the picture that the dust shield is completely destroyed.

    Damn...
    lol this is why you wont be ready on tuesday?

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    Quote Originally Posted by bigred875 View Post
    lol this is why you wont be ready on tuesday?
    Yeah. I won't be dropping the wheel off until Thursday, and won't pick it up until next Monday. Busy weekend coming up.

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    ah...we'll if you need a hand putting it back on let me know...i'll swing by.

    it's a little harder putting it back on...much easier with 2 sets of hands

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    Quote Originally Posted by Degsy View Post
    Sheesh, the idiot who changed your tire last probably screwed up your wheel bearing.
    If this were true, I wouldn't have gotten 6K out of it last season.

    I actually lack the tools to pull the old bearings. I've screwed up skate bearings before and the result sicks. I'd hate to mess up the wheel bearing and have it go bad when I have my wife on the back of the bike.

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    Come on Bigred is close to you. He offered to help. Let him. the next time this happens you can take care of it yourself. The little bit of money you spend on fixing it will pay off in the long run. Tools you'll have for a long time and the knowledge you get from Bigred will be priceless. Minus a case of beer for Bigred. Shit... you can do this!

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    Death of a Wheel Bearing

    Does anyone in close proximity to me (Blackstone, MA / Woonsocket, RI) have a triple tree stand, with a pin that would fit my bike, that I could borrow? I need to remove the front wheel as well to bring to Peter's to have the bearings replaced.

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