Front wheel is starting to feel a bit rough after a few years use - reckon the bearings need replacing. What tools do I need to do this?
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What tools for replacing Hope Pro II bearings?
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Posted 1 year ago #
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Small pointy screwdriver to get the circlip off (or circlip pliers if you're felling posh. Something to **** the bearings out with (24mm socket?), something to put the new bearings in again (again use a socket).
The front one is very easy.
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Hammer, WD40 and duck tape usually covers it
Posted 1 year ago # -
where are you? i have the drifts your welcome to borrow (peak district)
Posted 1 year ago # -
heat the hub and freeze the new bearings - it makes it much easier. Tie a cloth around the hub and pour boiling water over it.
I put my new bearings in by hand having done this ( well one needed a few taps) one just pushed in.
Teh correct drifts make it easier but are not essential
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TJ - not trolling. But does the freezing have an adverse effect on the grease?
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Can't see why it would.
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that means nothing lol
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Just buy the Hope bearing tools - they work and make the job easy.
Posted 1 year ago # -
did mine with a socket in 10 mintues (ok, I took my time), I say "mleh!" to your special tools!
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But does the freezing have an adverse effect on the grease
Temporary thickening would be the worst.
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DRifts were cheap enough to make it worth while. Them and a block of wood with a big hole drilled in it. And hammer for the obligatory twatting.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Call me naive, but how do you get the first one out with a socket? I removed mine for the first time the other day and had to prise one side out with a large screwdriver - only then could I knock the other one out from the inside (which obviously you can't do until one bearing is removed
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Band it out by hitting the axles(carefully) the spacer drives the bearing out.
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Ah, no axels - 20mm set up.
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long drift thru the center of one bearing knock the spacer to one side then drift out at an angle
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