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by Matt Francis
Racer X Films: Tech Tip
Saturday, October 1, 2011 | 3:00 PMIn this tech tip, we show how to replace your wheel bearings.
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Where did they find this retard?
If you replace bearings like that,
punching them in with force on the inner race or seal area , you will be damaging them.
My first year trade teacher would cut my balls off.
He didn't hit the inner race, used his brass to hit the outside.
I wouldn't usually comment on videos but man this one is pretty bad!!! Kids, at least get a bearing puller and do this the right way.
In my eyes what he did was cool and worked and all... but joe blow is now gunna stick a screwdriver through the hub and start hammering... Even with a punch i could see someone having troubles and ultimately damaging something.... just my opinion
Might help to actually pack the bearings too.. Pre-greased bearings might as well have been packed with butter.. Just my personal experience.
good timing, I actually have to do this to my kid's RM 85. the video AND the comments gave me some ideas. thanks to everyone for their input!
lol were i work we call guys like this a hack! bad video
Why buy overpriced bearings from a moto company? I just get mine from the local metal store (I know the size I need), and even though they are pregreased, I pack them myself. Also, The method he uses is doable, but is much harder and time consuming, and takes much more skill and finesse than someone who uses a bearing puller. I use the method he uses, and have been for the past 20 years or so, and I haven't damaged anything so far.
Im pretty sure this yoyo destroyed the first seal. You don't hit a seal that is crooked from the start, it will just bend the metal of it and cause leaks. That maneuver would have certainly caused a customer to come back if it was a transmission shop, or worse yet an engine rebuild. They all use the same seal basically. His piece of brass he used for a punch is flared from it being hit. The cracks show why the edges of his tool is softer then the center. This being the case the center of the tool is hitting the center of the bearing because all the edges are cracked and bent back. Driving a bearing in by its center can not be good for life expectancy.
A socket the same size as outer race would have been so much better for a field tool. I'm assuming the correct tools were not allowed for this video which is fine because you really do need to know how to fix bikes on the spot with what you have.
Read the comments before I watched the vid. Was thinking, come on guys, he's using tools the average joe will have in his box. After watching, gotta agree, sure wouldn't want him working on my forks.
I waited to see what comments were made also before I said anything. No I would not let that guy replace my spark plug, he might cross thread it, then I would have to teach him how to put a helicoil in? One thing is true you do need a proper punch in some cases to get the bearing moved a bit because of the axle collar being lined up but then I noticed there were no shims on that axle shaft? Where did they go???