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bearings as spacers
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On 8/7/2001
eric
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I found two effective meathods for breaking apart bearings. First, lock it in a vice, put a punch in the hole, then pound with a hammer. Pops out pretty easily. Or, for a no-pounding meathod, just crush and crack open the housing in the vice. I recomend wrapping a rag around the whole vice and bearing to contain the parts, as it can really blow open under pressure. Wear safty glasses, too.
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New bearings
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On 8/7/2001 Herbn
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I've never found anything that can recreate the smooth fast feel of new bearings,i think tri flo does well as far a "fast" goes,but there's a surface tension to the oil between two perfectly polished bearing parts,thats the "smooth" part; that does not come back.
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Speed cream, oiling without cleaning
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On 8/5/2001 roger
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Bob,
Many people will add oil to bearing without cleaning them, especialy in speedboarding (where your life can depend on bearings not seizing). It is better than riding on dry bearings! The worst that can happen is that the extra oil drips or spins out and could potentially degrade eurothane (wipe off extra oil). You don't even have to take them off of the trucks. Best method is to place a drop on the seem between ID and sheild (putting oil on shield does not help, it must get through to the balls).
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8mm spacer
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On 8/5/2001 r.mendino
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i can't find any 8mm spacers..........how do i break apart a bearing and use the inner race?
thanks......
r.
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China Bones cleaning
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On 8/3/2001
LilAzNRaCeR247
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I have sum good bearing I got china,speed metal,empire and luckys I use sum tru flu and conola and soak them for a day and they went fast like hella and if any body noes betta tell me
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speed cream
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On 8/2/2001
bob
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what happens if i put speed cream in my red bones with out cleaning them out!?!
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Bones China Reds
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On 7/29/2001 Relic
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The "Reds" are the "China" bones. The black bearings are the "Swiss". A couple of years back thay also sold a silver metal "China" bones, but I haven't seen the metal ones for a while.
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bones reds
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On 7/28/2001
bob
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i got some reds bones bearings to replace my old sector nine grease balls which were nice but rusted out some how, which is funny because they never touched warter. Anyways, i want to know the diffrence between bones reds(which have been good to me so far) and china bones, so far i am to belive the diffrence is only in the logo. if any body knows the answer to this question e mail me because i want to know which is faster. Thanx
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opps
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On 7/26/2001 jeff (stl)
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that last post was ment to go to vendors corner
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i dont know
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On 7/26/2001
jeff (st louis mo)
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mark and rene i wanted to know if you still had a minumim order of $500.00? working in a small shop i have to make small orders thats the brakes but so for your co has been the only one to have a minumim order.i would had love to got power paws but not $500.00 worth. working in a shop i feel i should never have to pay retail thats why i work at a shop everyone knows its not for money.
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stainless steal dental pick
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On 7/25/2001 josh ' Q-tip ' carney
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These picks do the trick for taking out the clips that hold those shields on . Also, the blunt end also helps press out the sheild if the ar bent inward ( very helpful for those without speed washers). Good luck for finding them though.
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Reflex ABEC 5
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On 7/25/2001 Herbn
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Well after being unavailable for a long time,they're back.Bad news/good news,they're sourced different,they're still blue a VERY familiar shade FKD blue,sheilded both sides,the old ones had one sheild and the retainer on the other side(ala powell).They don't seem to spin as free,i know some people may have had problems with the originals breaking,but on my boards made just for carving they're fine,and spin nice/ still do, the new one are probabely OK,oh well:(
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accrolube with teflon
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On 7/24/2001 josh C.
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OH yeah, in terms of temp and PSI, the grease is good from
-32 deg. farenhite and 7500lbs. of pressure
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Accrolube grease with teflon
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On 7/24/2001 josh C.
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Now i know what all you guys are thinking that oil is the best. I agree but only for short terms. In the long run , grease is needed. Where i work we use an industrial grease called "Accrolube" which contains teflon. This is a petroleum based gease and is proven to be one of the best greases around, really, i ain't shit'n you. I packed this in my bearings (which are generic made in china ) and they run great. While this drops the abec from 5 to 1 but they are the smoothest babies around. And the speed appears to have little change too. Also, after riding through 4 inch puddles of water, i pulled off the shields and the grease was still intact. Now take this as you please but for long duration riding, grease is the best.
Josh
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Bones Swiss
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On 7/23/2001 Duane
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Boy, Scabs, that guy is full of crap. Bones Swiss have a small amount of light oil, like almost all bearings packaged for skating. A teflon coating on the balls or races would not have the mechanical strength to support the very high psi loadings, and would be instantly torn apart. The closest this could be to the truth is that some bearings have plastic cages (that separate the balls) which are made out of nylon which can have permanent lubricants like teflon or silicone compounded into them. These lubricants cannot be dissolved away with cleanings. He was close to right about the heat, it is for heat transfer and anti-corrosion reasons that the lube oil is there, steel-steel friction is lower without any oil, short races can be run with no oil at all but bearings must not be exposed to moisture while unprotected by oil. I think this guy wants to sell lots of 35 buck bearings, times two for quad skaters (ouch!)
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Bones Swiss
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On 7/23/2001 Scabs
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Hear is an example of a NON sk8boarders veiw of bearings I can pass along.
The owner of a local skating rink sells ONLY Bones Swiss. They are the only NON-lubed bearing, ie; traditional lubes such as grease or oils. Rather the Bones Swiss are Teflon coated. Like skating on $#*+ he says until they break in and then nothing beats them, Not even the ceramics. And this guys has a trophy room stacked. His skating is strictly with quads on smooth rinks only. He also said that if the Bones Swiss were ever cleaned, they would be slower because you remove the teflon coating which prevents heat build up and which in turh causes higher friction, hence slower speed.
Now how that relates to your style of skaring, you decide.
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Bearing differences
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On 7/22/2001 BoBo
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I guess if you are having success with your bearings why change? But I race slalom and every little bit counts. I have tried the cheap/cheaper bearings and they just don't do it for me. They tend to gring a bit and resist rolling as smooth as a pricier bearing would. While the jury seems to doubt the ABEC rating system, I for one can tell a difference. I need that little extra a premium bearing offers and therefore will fork over the extra dough for em. But the Pleasure Toll bearings seem of a better quality and the price is right. I don't get compensated to say this so it's just my opinion. But I do have lots of sessions on different bearings to tell the overall quality of them, and these just stack up better. To each his own.
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Cheap Bearings
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On 7/22/2001
Tom
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I find a lot of these opionions very subjective, I personally only ride £2.50 a set bearings, and have never had any problems with them, I buy them in bulk and have over 20 sets sitting in the garage, I've been riding the same set for two months now and they're still fine, I have ridden other bearings such as the bones and while they are good as well I just can't really tell the difference between them, basically what I really wonder is honestly how much of a difference bearings actually make? I've read all the things about how abec ratings are very disassociated from skating but whenever I read this forum it seems everyone talks about ratings and $40 and more bearings and the such, and while I am in no way criticising them I just want to know am I the only one who regularly rides cheap bearings
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Hawk bearings
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On 7/22/2001
Kaspian
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Anybody have experience with Hawk bearings? I bought a set because the choice at the local skate shop came down to Hawk (@ $35!) versus bulk generic bearings out of a big plastic bin.
All I can say is that these bearings do not seem to want to spin. Even granting that some of the problem might be in the set-up -- I'm having trouble getting the bearings to seat tightly enough in Gravity Fu Manchus to engage the 8mm spacers -- I am still dismayed by the sluggish roll of these things.
My guess is that they use grease rather than oil, and are designed for smoothness rather than speed, seeing as how newschoolers don't actually GO anywhere on their popsicle sticks.
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Herbn's post
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On 7/21/2001 BoBo
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I hear what you're saying Herbn, but every time I've gotten the Bones they seem to have at least one per pack that's just a little grinding or stubborn right outta the box. I have Bones Swiss that are well maintained and they are fast and I do agree that a new bearing will seem faster when skated for the first time, but these Pleasure Tool bearings are of an obvious quality difference. I have a set of Bones [well several actually] that are well brokien in and maintained well and they are fast but I think the QC might be better on the PT bearings. And the price for 8 [10.50] is a better deal than the Bones. I got 4 sets and not one of em was any different than the next. Excelllent consistancy and the quality just seems better. But it is only opinion and your results may and in fact will differ.
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Bearing reviews
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On 7/21/2001 Herbn
wrote in from
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My problem with bearing reviews,all bearing reviews, even my own is this, for a new bearing to be worse than the bearings you're used to(old)they really have to suck. Any fairly nice,totally new bearing is going to feel nice and smooth and after a short, clean, break in period should be faster than an old set of bearings.Maybe a broken in set of well maintained bearings are the fastest,but the glide of brand new bearings feels nice,and could be mistaken for faster.
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Pleasure Tool ABEC 7 shielded
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On 7/21/2001 BoBo
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Rode these for the first time today and they are faster than Bones Reds by quite a bit. I love Bones so don't get me wrong but these are just better. OK so I used a super stick and wheel combo to base my comparison on but hey I wanted some great bearings and took a chance. I thin it was their website that impressed me as well as thier commitment to selling them so low that others can't compete. The set-up is a Response deck with Gullwing Phoenix and OJ Superjuice. Greta set-up and the bearing were very fast right outta the tube. Next is a long term evaluation. I know bearings only last so long and I'll be skating them hard so the test will be a "Real World" kinda thing. I'm getting more for my other boards {Even my downhill ones.} These are the best bearing I've ever rode for the short money they cost. A glowing 10 out of 10 recommendation.
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Lucky speedlines ABEC 3
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On 7/20/2001
PuNk RaWkEr
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these bearings are good, i've had them since christmas, and now its july
they arent too strong though, and they will stop spinnning after a while. the shields come off too, but i still like these bearings
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china bones reds
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On 7/20/2001 olivia
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The bones reds are probably my favorite bearing because they are very fast, reliable, and you can pick a set up from waterboyz for only 16 bucks! Also, when it comes to cleaning any bearings, i take one sheild off of each bearing and clean, shake, and spin them in laquer thinner. I also use a paint brush to remove the grains of whatever from the ball retainer. then, after they are clean and smooth, I dry them with a hair dryer, and I put 2-3 drops of bones speed cream on and in them. Then they will be smoother and faster than you could imagine in those bearings. Bring the life back into them!
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Degreaser
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On 7/19/2001 slappy
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Does anyone bother to read a few posts down before actually replying? Don't use Citrus degreaser! It is water based.
Read Duane's post merely 5 posts down on how to degrease bearings.
People! Read previous posts on cleaning and lubricating it has been discussed to death!
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