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Post by seismic on May 30, 2013 20:22:15 GMT
Decided since weather was so nice that a Snowdon outing was due. However got to just below half way cafe when started to have problems with gears. Had a quick look at rear end and lots of play. Was the pivot on the chainstay . Took the bolt out and lots of little ball bearings then feel all over the path. Ooops. Anyway push back down to beris. Question is does anyone know what sealed bearings these are? Scott sell a bearing kit but knowing them will be on the pricy side can get them probably from hughes in Rhyl. Also can you replace these at home. tried taking the opposite one out but quite well in. Can remove it with application of force but dont want to start down that path until know what i am getting into. Pivots also have series of plastic and metel shims/ washers, do these need to be replacd as well? If so can i get these elsewhere. Seen kits on e-bay but they seem for all the pivots with no shims/ washers. Any help/ advice greatly recieved.
Well got bearings but cant remove the outer shell of the one that disintergrated. Stuuck firm. Any ideas of how to remove? Could a decent engineering workshop drill out? Cost of rear triangle is circa £300 if I can get one, gulp.
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Post by davydonn on Jun 6, 2013 13:16:32 GMT
Sorry to hear of your woes there Seismic. Suspension bearings can be a real pain... A bit after the event I think, but if you need cheaper but good quality bearings then try this site - great value and better than going through the likes of Hughes or other local bike shops: mbbearings.co.uk/catalog/As for getting the bearing case out, have you tried soaking it in release agent such as GT-85 or WD-40? You could even try heating it (making sure the vapours form the release agent have gone!) or freezing it. The expansion rate of the bearing shell and the chainstay will be different and one of those options should get it out. Good luck!
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Post by seismic on Jun 6, 2013 20:00:13 GMT
Sorry to hear of your woes there Seismic. Suspension bearings can be a real pain... A bit after the event I think, but if you need cheaper but good quality bearings then try this site - great value and better than going through the likes of Hughes or other local bike shops: mbbearings.co.uk/catalog/As for getting the bearing case out, have you tried soaking it in release agent such as GT-85 or WD-40? You could even try heating it (making sure the vapours form the release agent have gone!) or freezing it. The expansion rate of the bearing shell and the chainstay will be different and one of those options should get it out. Good luck! thats the place I got them from! Good to know that others have used them so they should be ok, never quite sure when you order stuff of ebay. Will try soaking and then resort to placing in oven or freezing.
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Post by speedydaz on Jun 12, 2013 18:33:43 GMT
I used a dremel to get the bearing cases out of a frame, Made an edge at various points around the bearing that was enough to get a centerpunch on and bang it out
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