Not easy to replace, particularly the ones in the horst link above the drop out. There’s a lip in the frame between the bearings so you can’t just push them out. Ideally you need a bearing puller kit. I bought one earlier this year but haven’t yet gotten around to replacing the bearings yet.

I did it earlier this year. Pretty straightforward, I knocked the horst link one one carefully with a screwdriver and pushed the new ones in with a socket and a vice. Took me about half an hour to get them all out, and about 20mins to get them all back in again (That’s all 12).

what makes you think I was criticising him?

Hey, I read this thread this morning but I thought you had bearings for the frame, If you want to buy top end bearings I can sell you some, if you want to test some of my range of bearings, just send me an email. They will last a long time and you can have some for free.

As for the Commencal Meta bearings that I gave you for free to test, you might as well forget about them, it will be another 3 to 4 years before those go.

As for my bearing threads, STW likes arguing and lynch mobs, I was simply giving them what they wanted 😀

Bounce over an email and I’ll sort you out with some bearings and an installtion guide and tools to work with a vice.

If you are using a vice also use the old bearings to press the new ones in, since they are the exact same size it makes it very difficult to damage the bearings.

Hope everyone reading this is OK and that you have a Merry Xmas and a Happy New year.

Kael.