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Hey man, your videos are invaluable to people like me that have a passion for bikes but no real avenue for education. I very much appreciate your work, thank you for doing it and sharing it.

I knew exactly how to do this, but watched the video anyway, because you just make great content.

I have both new and old bikes. I am extremely grateful for these valuable skills in repairing older bikes, this helps me so much. You are a very valuable addition to the biking community. Thank you.

I've been rebuilding my own bike parts for 10 years now and you just changed my life. The vice is the third hand I've never had.

Another textbook repair. Well done RJ. As a past bicycle wrencher I wanted to add a couple advanced tips. One was already mentioned by @Falko that being the idea of leaving a slight amount of play on the axle before clamping the quick release. Then, if you do it right, the clamping of the QR squishes the cones together just slightly enough to bring them into perfect contact with the balls. Not too tight to bind, and not too loose for any play. There's a fine balance between the initial setting of the cones and how much is too much to clamp the QR down. You can pop the QR nut and damage the skewer threads if you over do it. Don't ask how I know... The other tip is if you're reusing your ball bearings (balls, actually. The entire set with the race and cones is technically the "bearing"), it;'s good practice to keep each side's balls separate since each set has worn into the shape of their race and cone. It's really a trivial thing to be concerned about, but still good practice with only a possible upside. And I will not give up my secret sauce recipe for lubrication. But I will say it includes a moly (MoS2) infused marine paste with one or two drops of 3-in-1 oil to break down the viscosity a bit. But that's all I'll say.

You have helped me many times with fixing my bike issues, thanks RJ!

Thank you RJ. Revisiting your video 2 years later.

Thanks RJ, I wanted to service the front wheel on a Cannondale and the rubber seals on the cones were new to me. Your videos are so great for working on bikes at home, extending the life of the machine without generating unnecessary expenses!

Still, after all these years, this simple Job is one of my favorites!

Excellent how-to video. Perfect close-up photography and clear explanations of what is important to know.

Dang, I am seeking out my priceless bike guru who always steer me in the right direction. Great explanation and tips. Can't thank you enough!! ❤❤🎉

Thank you, I don't often have the confidence and knowledge to do these things and I don't have anyone to help me, so you are truely benevolent for doing this.

I can't thank you enough for this video, I've been on for two days till I saw this. Now it's sorted and running beautifully 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Good video on replacing, repacking, and adjusting wheel bearings. That said there was one very important step left out: inspecting both the bearing race and the bearing cone surfaces to ensure that they are not pitted, scored or otherwise damaged. If either of these surfaces is in any way damaged installing new bearings will be for naught as they will quickly be damaged by the pitting or scoring of the races or cones. Replacing damaged cones or inner races may require the assistance of your local bike shop if your don't have either the tools or knowledge required.

Thank you RJ. Always informative. I've got parts sitting in Evapo-Rust right now, because of you. 👍

Thanks so much for the detail on sizing and acquiring ball bearings! Great info explained well as always.

The best guy to watch video about bike fixing tutorials. Always your video help me to maintain and fixing my bike. Thanks a lot!

As always RJ, you are a wealth of knowledge for low-cost fixes. Thanks.

Excellent video of a common issue. Keep up the great work RJ.

Excellent advice in this video. I often ride to parks with my daughter. There was a kid about 11 in the local park yesterday riding a tatty bike with a very wobbly front wheel. I looked and found His bearing cages had disintegrated (as I mentioned this is why I like to bin cages and use a full quota of ball bearings) so all the bearings had fallen out and razor sharp shards of metal were poking out from the cone gap. I said; "whoa kid, your bearings have collapsed" he asked; "what are bearings?" I replied; "erm, just get your dad to have a look at it" he said; "my dad doesn't live with me". I asked; "cant your mum take it to a bike shop?" He replied; "my mum wont spend any money on my bike" I walked away. Yeah probably spends all her money on scratchcards while letting her kid ride a bloody death trap! As a hobby bike mechanic it terrifies me how many kids are riding around on dangerous wrecks while parents just let them. You dont have to be a bike guru as a parent but at least try to check your kid's bike is safe.

Thanks RJ! Clear and concise. Easy viewing as well to see what you're doing and no random stories that make the video 2 hours long! Thanks! Subscribed!

I have recently started to buy and salvage trash bikes, and this channel has become invaluable for me. Because other channels usually only talk about replacing components with brand new ones, or using their official branded tools.

Just ordered a Park Tool Spoke, Bearing, and Cotter Gauge - SBC-1 for my tool box. 👍 Thank RJ

My Zektor 3 has been sitting for a while (3 years) and the grease ran dry, thanks to you I was able to repack and replace the bearings in the front hub. I’ll have to do the rear hub when I get my cassette tool in. I will probably watch your bottom bracket video as well on how to replace that awful thing. Front hub in the meantime feels great, and has never been better. No more grinding.

There's nothing as satisfying as fixing your family bikes. I replaced a broken gear cable for my son's new second hand bike and it felt great.

Thanks for making this so clear and simple!

You made this very simple. I feel confident I can do it myself.

I was surprised to find my axel was loose, this video will help me to make my adjustments. Thank uoh for sharing your knowledge.

Hey man, Great video on explaining what the issue might be and how to fix them, it's easy to understand and very easy to follow. Thanks for the guide!

Need to do this to my sons bike. So clear and concise! Thank you!

RJ killing it again with another awesome video 👍

Thank you for this great video. I don't have much mechanical experience and I was riding my bike this morning and noticed some odd sounds. After wiggling the bike while riding I noticed the sound was coming from the front wheel and with the wiggling it started wobbling and I could see the problem was with the "wheel hub"(I had no idea what to call it until I saw this video)and I assumed it had to do with the bearings(that part I knew). I made it home though! And now, after watching this video I have the confidence to buy the parts I need and fix it! Yippee!

thank you for all these details through the process, like checking for tightness! this is super helpful :)

Just want to say, so happy for your Chanel, i learn so much, i restore shimano rsx shifter whit help of your videos.. you are the best, i think u should show your face and say hello to your fans...in every video..the best to you handyman

Love your stuff RJ, you're the Justin Guitar of bike repair ❤

Thank you so much good sir this seemed so daunting to me but your video made it approachable I just swapped my bearings and it's going better than it ever did. You're a Savior!

Thank you RJ. Your videos are so helpful. I refer to them on a regular basis.

Amazingly concise and thorough video tutorial. Thank you so much!

Great filming & clear,precise..etc Eternally Grateful for your videos🤔👍👍

Top video my man. I learned a lot. Thanks for your step by step simple instructions. Top man. 👍

thank you thank you thank you. u deserve more than 300k subs honestly. A bike store mechanic told me that should replace my hub and I only rode my bike for about 5000km.

Thank you for making this video and sharing your knowledge!

I’m also very glad you made the point about over tightening because that’s what I did and they was grinding

Nice video as always RJ .

Thanks bud love your videos lol sometimes I wach them to remind me how things went lol keep up the nice work it's a help time to time

Considering I'm about to do a one year servicing on my bike. This is real good to know. Thank you for the video

Very good tutorial for a common issue.

I just want to thank you for all the help of your videos you gave me the confidence to do all the work on my bike my fount wheel was to tight and with your help i got my wheel moving free again i just want to thank you so much

Thanks for all RJ, Of great usefulness what you share.... thanks to you I keep my bike very well adjusted, Greetings from Tijuana Mexico

RJ, Very Well Done. Simple, Direct and Well-filmed. Kudos and Thank You - John 3:16

This is exactly what I need to do to revive an old bike. Hopefully the back tire won't be too difficult. Thank You for the tool list. It really helps to find all the tools I will need.

Great video, It's really clear to watch and understand. 💯%✌️ Am new to bike repairs, Man from Ireland says thanks. 🍀

So incredibly helpful. Thank you!

So glad I can repair my fiancés bike instead of replacing a wheel! Than you for the information!

A very clear simple video the instructions was easy. Thank you

The perfect video for what I was after! Thanks!

Very useful video,thanks! One thing could be emphasized is the ensuring of locking the cone/locknut on the side not apparently loose. it was mentioned to make sure they are tight, but was shown with hand doing that, whereas it should be wrench tight, just as much as the nut/cone side being taken apart. This singular potential flaw of procedure is the source of many future slippages of adjustment, even after a hub is overhauled ! (often appears the first time a wheel is taken off for fixing a flato or transporting, more so on solid axle wheels. One can even start the entire procedure with the act of ensuring tightening the side which is NOT seemingly finger loose! RJ THANKS AGAIN for your body of educational work !

Brilliant tutorial my friend. Learned a lot from u. Keep up the good work.

thanks for making this video it really helped me do some maintenance work!

This is very good video showing how to overhaul the front wheel bearing on a bicycle.

Worked perfect for me! Great video!

Thanks for the tutorial Rj.

Thank you! This is just what I needed! My rare hub was doing the same thing!

thanks man this can of forgotten bike fix tutorial is what I'm looking for. now a days its always buy new one.

Perfect solution and explanation. Thank you!

Perfectly eyplained and showed how to fix such issue. Thanks.

Awesome presentation!! Very helpful

That was very clear and very helpful, thanks.

thanks for the demo, very well presented

Bro you just fixed my wobbly tire, one of my ball bearings fell inside the axil “chamber” causing my axil to move. This is only my second ever bike at 26, my first bike was stolen when I was 12 and just never got another one until now. Thank you!

Thanks for posting this! Helped me with my latest single speed build I’m doing on my channel!

i have had a bad wheel wobble on the rear wheel of my bike for a while now, i've replaced the whole drivetrain with a new one but it's still there, now i know how to fix it though by watching your informative video, thanks so much, i'm subscribed to your channel my good friend ! ! ! ! ! ;-) lol

Top video.learnt a lot . Thanks for uploading. Briliant.👍👍👍

Great tutorial... keep the vids coming.

Nice 👍 much love from Serbia♥️

The hub on my bicycle wheels had ceramic ball bearings so they fell right out. I only had to tip the wheel over after taking out the cup. A couple where still stuck in the hub though. There was some grease holding them down in place. I got them out with a set of tweezers. The ceramic ball bearings is the new thing now. Supposedly the ceramic ball bearings are more round, smoother, and have a lower friction resistance. I did check the size of them so I can get a new set. I didn't have the special park tool though so I used the screw/drill gauge that I already had. I just put the ball bearing in whichever hole it fitted in. It looks like they are 1/4". Nevertheless, I did get the hub overhauled. After I got it all back together I thought I did it wrong But after watching your video it looks like I did it exactly as you did. Which is a relief because now I wont have to take it all back apart again and redo it all. Thanks RJ. 😀

Dude. Thanks for this. Really useful.

This was a really helpful video. Thanks so much

Your videos are of the highest quality. Camera placement, focus, sound, everything's perfect. And we learn so much from you. Thank you.

Excellent tutorial!

When I do this job, I always check the cones. When a wheel wobbles, very often the cones are worn too. If so, you definitely need to change them as well. And I can tell from experience that finding the right size of cones is harder than finding the size of the ball bearings.

Out standing videos 👍👍👍 buddy good information to know how to do The bearings .

Nice video buddy, thanks for this Information 👍

Thank you for a great informative video.

Thanks your videos have really helped me out 👍

Fantastic help! Thank you.

Just bought a mongoose fat tire for $45 and the rear tire was wobbly thank you for the info on the adjustment!

Great information, thank you.

Yes thx, just done my 1977 bike, great help. 🇬🇧

thank you! great job, fun to watch

Good video, thanks for uploading

I wouldn't worry about magnetizing the bearings, that effect won't last too long as that is completely not how magnets are made. Temporary effect. Nice work/commentary btw.

very useful for learning . thanks

Good stuff! Impressive.

awesome vid, thanks a million i think you might have just saved me some money!!

This reparation makes a world of difference, the bike is faster and easier to pedal after that. It's what I take the most care of when overhauling a "new" bike in my stable.

Nice vid, thanx for sharing. It appears you might have the dust covers the wrong way around, if you google cup/cone you will find that the hollow part is on the inside (i guess to hold the grease and not touch the bearing itself). The comments help a lot also! I did not know the compression when using quick release and hence you must leave a little play on the bearings

Great videos man

Many thanks for this video. My son and his friend tried to fix a puncture and manged to pull apart the internals of the hub. Now I know how to fix it oh and purchase bearings that they lost 😅