Forum menu
Just looking to swap therse out but does anyone know if their sold in pairs as it just talks about a "bearing"?
[list] http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=36419&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Shopping&utm_name=UnitedKingdom [/list]
Bit pricey if only one 😯
Also has anyone managed this without the hope bb tool i.e. just drifting them with a socket?
I've seen it done "CAREFULLY" bearing numbers are on the hope site, just get them from your local bearing shop be even cheaper (for exactly the same thing)
The bearings are a funny size and quite big that could be the price for one! Probably best to give them a ring and check.
If it is i noticed [url= http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Enduro-External-MTB-Bottom-Bracket-BB-Replacement-Spare-Bearings-Kit-Hope-UK-/360439080416?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item53ebd7e5e0 ]THESE[/url] enduro bearings on ebay that are also i direct swap. I have enduro bearing in two of my main pivot points and they are excelent bearings.
I think that will be for 1, I'm pretty sure last time I bought some bearings from a local supplier, for a frame, they were about £11 each over the counter.
I'm now buying Shimano slx/xt BB's @ £14 each (incl p&p) from Rose Bike. They may not last as long as a Hope, but at £14 each Hope BB's would have to last over 4x as long, which I doubt they do, to be worth the money.
Exploded Diagram
BBSP108-S or -C for the numbers
Thats the price for one bearing. i tried to replace my first set with a socket and wrecked one of the bearings. Ended up buying the bearing tools from 18 Bikes. There used to be a guy on here from Wales who replaced the bearings via post at cost of the bearings. Can't remember his name or find him on google though i'm afraid.
Just found a vid on you tube...
[url=
e's video on you tube[/url]
Thanks for vid was going to ask for Kaesae's contact details - that method with the vice looks spot on. I'll order some of his bearings - worth a try at that price and I've heard people on here say good things.
Perhaps things have since changed, but originally the Hope bearings were a unique size, made specifically by INA-FAG and only for Hope.
After going through 3 XT HT2 bottom brackets in a year, I went for an XTR one which has so far lasted over a year with no problems. This may just be luck but I reckon they're worth the extra couple of quid (from Rose bikes, of course).
The main thing for Hollowtech BBs though - use them regularly. IME they only seize up after prolonged periods of disuse.
Did that vice method just a couple of weeks ago to replace a worn bearing in my Hope BB - worked perfectly! I did a bit of searching around for cheaper bearing prices, and to find the equivalent to the ones Hope use there wasn't much of a cost different.