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[Closed] BETD fox needle roller bearings..any good?

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hadn't seen them before .... just wondered if they were worth the cash ...any improvement on the standard bushes?


 
Posted : 23/01/2009 11:55 pm
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interesting
but I've given up all that bouncy bike nonsense now :o)


 
Posted : 24/01/2009 12:08 am
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bump!


 
Posted : 24/01/2009 5:13 pm
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Depends, they're an excellent engineering solution. The question is, do you have a problem with the cheap, light DU bish they come with?


 
Posted : 24/01/2009 5:22 pm
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I thought about them (briefly) when I last serviced my Meta but I went for the polymer bushes with the stainless hardware and the fitting tool, bish, bosh job done. I can't see the needle bearings having any longevity tbh, especially on the bottom mount that's usually exposed to all the crap off the back wheel.


 
Posted : 24/01/2009 5:31 pm
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Couldn't tell you about their performance as mine are still sat in the garage.
The set I received would not fit my shock. I measured both the shock bore and bearing outside diameter and it turned out that there was an interference fit of 0.002". I couldn't tell you whether the shock or the bearing were out of tolerence as BETD never replied to my e-mails.


 
Posted : 24/01/2009 6:19 pm