How do you lube pressed in bearings?

I’m 23 and I was gonna do that

i clean them then i get new ones For spare parts

I would just ride trash bearings and never replace them unless they straight up broke. So many wasted years

I keep washing it w/WD-40 till they're clean 😁

Joe that pained me to read

It's ok I forgive you.

This youtuber from Barcelona Spain washes them with floor detergent and water and then sewing machine lubricant. The weirdest tutorial ever. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r8l6hKecmL3MY6c.html

Washing it in water is fine

@@Mystninja like literally what?

Never ever gets old. Especially setting up new wheels. Or a fresh board.

Same. I got it down to where I don't get any air bubbles.

Ascended Ninja 😳

if you’d seen my first griped deck you would say otherwise

My dream job!

i didn’t know that i’ve always used bearing spacers and left that wiggle room i’ll try tightening it more thanks man

The spacers are only effective if they're in contact with both bearings. Then they'll all move as one unit. Have speed washers on both sides. Now you should be able to reduce the wiggle room and the bearings wheel will still spin freely.

Thanks this is really helpful i tried and realised it made a difference and it was actually a bit more secure

This is helpful I'm thinking of buying a skateboard later

Spacers do reduce the rpm, not sure how much but it was a huge topic.

Thank you for that almost made the mistake just now

If it all evaporates it won't make a difference. Just make sure it evaporates.

Welp... rip my bearings

@@madz3343 lol no bro they’ll be completely fine. Sure the 70% take a bit longer to dry, but it will not damage them at all bud. Just make sure you use the proper amount and type of lubricant. I have bearings that are almost as old as me and I’m about to be 35.

⁠I did the same😢

Basically get a wrench unscrew the nut take out the bearing and stuff and remember how it was placed so you can do it the exact same, then you’re going to get a piece of tissue rub the bearing on the inside and the outside and you can put in olive oil or motor oil to speed the board up and yeah you put everything back in it’s really easy and it takes about five minutes for every single bearing!

I mean 1 min for every one

I've had mine for 10 years. Just realized I'm supposed to change or clean them since one of my trucks broke

I have bearing that a 10 years old and all I do is a seed and bleed with 4 in 1 machine oil. I had industrial photocopying machine oil that was the finest and bleed more dirt out.

Try 6 years 💀💀💀💀💀

fr tho they were worth the money

I love Tactics, great shop, but I disagree about the product description, not much info on their decks.

Same 💀💀💀 I'm just glad to know why my skateboard is such shit now

Would you just buy new ones every 3 months🤣

I didn't even know you could to be honest. Thank goodness because I just found one of my boards from 2012 still with the Bones Swiss in there but they kinda dry now.

Skid Teiqii

Can you use ethyl alcohol to remove the oil and grease?

@@hervyvalentino6664 ethyl alcohol is ethanol. According to Frick, yes you can.

What is better between alcohol, ethanol and methanol? I have a ton of methanol in my garage, i can use that right?

What if i use hand sanitiser?

@@NotSandhorst the other cr@p in there could cause issues. Just go to wal mart and get iso alcohol.

Isopropyl alcohol and plastic tupperware work just as well.

That’s how they get cha

Its worth the investment it just saves a lot of time and effort i got mine with speed cream for only 15$ on amazon

its 15 bucks ?

Do what i did: get a long skinny banana pepper glass jar, a long threaded 🔩, and some plumbing orings and stab it through the jar. You can make the dividers with a pen tube and viola.

How many of you knew that you could completely take them apart to clean? 😊

.......Skating since 1987

@@larryjimbob Only because that's what I do when greasing up bike wheels :)

Hi Mark! Thanks for checking it out.

year old post haha its more like an investment vs sunken cost thing buy $10 bearings you wont feel bad after a while buying another set, but when you buy your 11th you realize you couldve bought $100 bearings and a $5 bottle of speed cream still be using them and have $5 left over

same except it attracts dirt I've noticed

@@FuckOnKZfaq try using less oil and wipe off any excess after reassembly

I did that just yesterday lol

I always use wd 40 lol and they never had that problem

@@kxvinn_3950 WD-40 is extremely inadequate for lubing bearings. Once it evaporates it leaves a very thin film of wax that wears away quickly. Using WD-40 WILL cause your bearings to score and die prematurely.

Does the bearings still spin well with marine grease?

Can't we replace metal shields with rubber seal?

wtf are orange cleaners

Shshhshahaha just a citrus based cleaner

@@yoa9960 essentially d-limonene

@@ratbitch5125 like dish soap?

Wait in the video he said u have to rinse it if u use a citrus based cleaner but did u do that? Cuz the whole point of this video is that u don’t use water

you can buy the red thing on eaby for less than 2$

Lol, that's funny, opposite for me, I never knew bearing spacers were important. Without them you can't tighten the axel nut very tight, like he said, that's why the "wiggle room" is necessary.

I just did the rubbing alcohol one and it worked just fine. If you don't have any you can just buy it at a local store it's like i think $10 for a big bottle.

im set

Wondering the same thing here

You put in the bearings with the shields facing the outsides of the wheel. 👍 - Tim

You'll be alright with any kind of solvent like isopropyl rubbing alcohol, acetone, lacquer thinner, carburetor cleaner, etc. They wont damage the steel bearings or races. But don't use any chlorides or highly corrosive acids like hydrochloric or sulfuric acids. As far as letting the metal shield type bearing dry longer, I'm not really sure. Most solvents evaporate on their own relatively quickly, so it probably wouldn't take much longer. I hope that helps! - Tim

Yes, you can certainly use wd-40 to evaporate the water, but definitely use a proper lubricant afterwards. 👍

oops i just realized it said answered my question in the video lol

Well, it's either the axle nuts are too tight, or the bearings are just garbage. The bearings that come stock in most department store completes (I know you got it from Amazon, but the same thing applies) are absolutely terrible. Did it say what kind of bearings it came with? Try loosening the axle nut just a smidge, and if that doesn't work, then just replace the bearings with some cheap but still good bearings like Bones Reds or Bronson G2s. 👍 Cheers! - Tim

@@tacticsboardshop Thanks for the response. Here is the link to one of the boards: smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01L6GAKQ0/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_3?smid=A3JHC5JKLEVOCB&th=1 It says "7 layer maple. 31*8 inches. 54*37mm Wheels ABEC-9 bearings. I loosened the wheel nuts a bit on all 3 of our kids' skateboards bc one of them came with a tool to do that. It appears that did help...but only a bit. They now spin a couple seconds longer. I could not loosen one of the wheels on this board for some reason...maybe the nut was a bit too small for tool and it was too big for all the options on my ratchet set. Weird. Also, I found some spare bearings that came with another board. I tried spinning them in my hand and they did not spin long at all. Is that typical when ur just spinning the bare bearing? Maybe that's evidence of low quality. Interestingly, after loosening the wheel nuts, the boards seems to lean left and right better to get sharper turns. Maybe I just didn't realize before. Finally, do I need to worry about the loosened nuts coming off and the wheels falling off? P.S. Is there a better beginner priced skateboard you can recommend? Thanks!

​@@dsha2006 Well, usually prebuilt completes from reputable brands are around $90 - 100. It's totally fine though to start out on a cheapo board just to find out if they like it or not. I've gotten my nieces and nephews nice skate completes just to have them decide skateboarding isn't their thing after one or two sessions. 😄 Since you already have the amazon completes, you might as well just replace the bearings and use them until one of kiddos decides they want to take skating little more seriously. Loosening the axle nuts shouldn't effect the turning radius, so it probably was already like that. And as for the wheels falling off, there should be a locknut on the axles, so you shouldn't have any problems with it falling off. I hope that helps! Happy New Year! - Tim

You'll probably have to use some chemicals like CLR or some kind of rust dissolver to loosen it up so you can remove the bearing. It might work too to try and smack it off with a hammer. 🤷‍♂️ I mean, it's worth a try! I hope you're able to get the bearing off! 🙏👍 - Tim

Yeah I used a rubberized hammer and soaked the bearings in WD-40. Just get a paper towel and wrap it around the axle below the bearing to protect it from dripping. Soak it a few times and hammer them out gently. GL HF

You don't need to swish them for very long. On the Bones Cleaning kit it says to swish them for about 20 seconds but I always did it for a minute or two to really let the cleaner get in there and rinse out all the gunk. Cheers! - Tim

Tactics Boardshop Killa, thanks man

I might, as long as it's thin and not thick and goopy it should work fine. If you give it a try, let us know how it works! Cheers! - Tim

If the balls just fell out, then that bearing was already broken. If the internal cage breaks, then there's nothing holding the ball bearings in place, and when you take the bearing out it just falls apart. So you didn't do anything wrong, sometimes you can be skating a busted bearing and not even realize it. Cheers! - Tim

Valid question. All kinds of new bearings I've come across have always been greased at the factory, not lubed/oiled. Came across this from JE Bearings: For most linear guide and drive applications, grease is the better lubrication option. It adheres to bearing surfaces better than oil, lasts longer, and is less likely to run off or be ejected from rotating parts.

@@mauritsvw Agreed. I am definitely using Parktool's polylube from now on, just cause I have that sitting around.