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Title: can you get the sealed bearings out....
Post by: meticulous on June 17, 2009, 08:19 PM: of suntour hubs, it looks like they could be pressed in?

thanks,....
Title: Re: can you get the sealed bearings out....
Post by: HEYWOOD BMX on June 17, 2009, 08:26 PM: :) Should be able to.Most bike bearings are pressed in & have the size etc stamped onto them if you need to source replacements...
Title: Re: can you get the sealed bearings out....
Post by: meticulous on June 17, 2009, 08:28 PM: thanks james, but you cannot get a screw driver in to tap it out, as there is no lip for your chisel/screw driver to get hold of.... :'(
Title: Re: can you get the sealed bearings out....
Post by: lazychubs on June 17, 2009, 08:32 PM: use the axle to tap em out but make sure ya dont damage the axle when hitting it :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: can you get the sealed bearings out....
Post by: meticulous on June 17, 2009, 08:37 PM: the bearing centre and hub centre are both the same size and butt up to one another so you cannot geta grip onto it....
Title: Re: can you get the sealed bearings out....
Post by: ron burgundy on June 17, 2009, 08:50 PM: I know what you are saying... it's a very poor design.

Buy a set of Suzue, they were designed by a person with a brain.

;)
Title: Re: can you get the sealed bearings out....
Post by: kuwahero on June 17, 2009, 09:00 PM: I have the same problem. I think you need a small bearing puller but dont know where to get one.

I removed the shields on the outside, flushed them with GT85 and packed them with grease. they run ok at the mo but will need replacing once I can find a way to remove them
Title: Re: can you get the sealed bearings out....
Post by: dan-dare on June 17, 2009, 09:11 PM: Quote from: Lazychubs on June 17, 2009, 08:32 PM
use the axle to tap em out but make sure ya dont damage the axle when hitting it :daumenhoch:

As above, the spindle has a shoulder in the centre. So you can tap one side out, followed by the other. Put an old wheel nut on the spindle to tap it, or use a hide hammer. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: can you get the sealed bearings out....
Post by: snav69 on June 17, 2009, 09:17 PM: I came up with my own way of removing them :)
Get one of these expanding bolts

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n164/snav69/DSC04787.jpg)

Insert it till tight then nip it up with a spanner

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n164/snav69/DSC04788.jpg)

Then twat it out with a small extension bar

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n164/snav69/DSC04791.jpg)

Worked a treat for me and then i replaced them with 6001RS sealed bearings

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n164/snav69/DSC04790.jpg)

Thats an old Suzue hub i've just used in the pictures for demontration, I did it this way to the Araya Aero's i sold to motomagII on here that had sealed Suntours :)

:coolsmiley:
Title: Re: can you get the sealed bearings out....
Post by: kuwahero on June 17, 2009, 09:19 PM: spindle doesnt have a shoulder as you can remove it. from the hub with the bearings still in place.

top man snav guess I will be servicing them at the weekend then. ;)
Title: Re: can you get the sealed bearings out....
Post by: magna13 on June 17, 2009, 09:50 PM: Getting sealed bearings out on hubs is a pot of p*ss! i usually just undo one of the hub bolts then knock out the axle with a plastic or wooden malet and if one of the bearings stay put in there then i use a drift on it :daumenhoch:
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Post by: dan-dare on June 17, 2009, 09:53 PM: Quote from: kuwahero on June 17, 2009, 09:19 PM
spindle doesnt have a shoulder as you can remove it. from the hub with the bearings still in place.

top man snav guess I will be servicing them at the weekend then. ;)

Your right dude, I'm thinking suzue. ;D

(http://www.discountcyclesdirect.co.uk/images/Victim%20Titanium%20Axle.JPG)
Title: Re: can you get the sealed bearings out....
Post by: lazychubs on June 17, 2009, 10:57 PM: snav top idea fella :daumenhoch:
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Post by: Steve P on June 18, 2009, 12:12 AM: Quote from: Lazychubs on June 17, 2009, 10:57 PM
snav top idea fella :daumenhoch:

I second that ... nice idea :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: can you get the sealed bearings out....
Post by: hunterdubber on June 18, 2009, 12:24 AM: D'you know Snav ? ???

People don't like clever clogs :yahoo_silent:

but you're alright in my book Paul :D

Not as daft as ya look :-X
Title: Re: can you get the sealed bearings out....
Post by: meticulous on June 18, 2009, 07:17 AM: excellant snav, i'm too blond to of thought of that..... ;)
Title: Re: can you get the sealed bearings out....
Post by: snav69 on June 18, 2009, 08:13 AM: Quote from: Hunterdubber on June 18, 2009, 12:24 AM
D'you know Snav ? ???

People don't like clever clogs :yahoo_silent:

but you're alright in my book Paul :D

Not as daft as ya look :-X

:D :crazy2:

:LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: can you get the sealed bearings out....
Post by: MartyC on June 18, 2009, 03:38 PM: Blimey, for a Wiganer that's not a bad idea :LolLolLolLol:
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Post by: snav69 on June 18, 2009, 03:42 PM: :knuppel2: :crazy2:

::)
Title: Re: can you get the sealed bearings out....
Post by: MartyC on June 18, 2009, 04:10 PM: Quote from: snav69 on June 18, 2009, 03:42 PM
:knuppel2: :crazy2:

::)

:angel: