How to change your headset bearings
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Replacing your headset bearings can be a quick and relatively easy job, if you follow the steps shown in part 5 of Unior Tools' indispensable road maintenance guide.
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I purchased this Brand at a shop called Graham Weight in Wales. I cleaned up the welds put some Milwaukee stickers on it and made a beautiful bike out of it. To look at it you would think it's a carbon frame and I like the way it rides. I base a whole RUclips channel around it.
Simple and straight to the point, thank you
Something I always do after changing/renewing headset bearings is to take the wheel out again and ensure the bearings are not too tight, is to rotate the bars left/right and feel if they are too stiff! You'll not feel the stiffness if the wheel is still fixed in.
if you hold the bike in the air with no pressure on the front wheel. easier if you have some one else hold the bike frame and then you move the wheel from side to side. if you feel any rumble as the bearings move it could be too tight. if you feel any play could be too loose.
another way would be to strip the bike and check the bearings or take them to a mechanic would will be able to help you
thanks for the tips. great help!
You just saved my £40 Sir, Thank you a lot!!!
"lube" is a loose term; WD-40 is lubricant. I believe what is required is a higher viscosity and non-evaporating lubricant like grease or oil.
Very informative with great detail. My only suggestion would be to lose the music. As an older American, I need to strain to hear through the British accent over the music. Great job though.
Grease. Never use GT85/ WD-40 type sprays on bearings.
BikeRadar Hello i would like to ask does the different headset fit a new fork. Cause i wanna change my stem but the bearings on the bike are for 22.2 mm quil
@freesalute same here, I have rode the same mtb for 5years, and bearings still running fine :s
how would you know whether your bearings need replacing? i've had my bike for 2 years and haven't touched a thing! still runs like a dream.. or so I think
Why must the spacers be in that order. Isn't the thickness what is relevant which the order does not impact.
I do like the fact that you have the front brake on the right side. Being in the US I always have to switch brake left and right, because I like the front on the right side also.
Thanks a bunch 👍
fantastic video
Brilliant and simple thanks
You mean to tell me that after all these years of cycling with a rocking headset like that on my bike, THAT'S HOW YOU TIGHTEN IT?!?!?!?! That top plate? Seriously? I feel like an imbecile.
Alex Greenwood peak boomer time
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why does it matterwhich order the spacers go back?
If the forks don't easily come out, is there something I've missed or should i just give it a good old tug?
What specific type of grease would you recommend that we can buy in the shops or order from the web? Would you recommend the Motorex Bike Grease 2000 or are there any other car specific Calcium based greases that are also good for our goal?
Really really good thanks!
Any chance this point can be expanded upon? Someone that hasn't done this before would need more detail.
How do you know when to change bearings?
I checked my bike the headset doesn't have bearings it's just 2 bushings in the headset. And my bike is not a cheap one how can I get a set of bearings that fits?
thanks a lot i need it this video
what if my bearings are dozens of small metal marbles? How do I put those back?
use some cold grease (then it's more stiff) for the part where you are gonna put the bearings on and put them back on carefully with a screwdriver or something magnetic.
I think you should have 12/bearing
Why did it matter the order of the spacers? They all do the same job.
This was great! Thanks!
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a good old tug my friend. Im just doing mine and i was like "what the fuck is going on here?" gave it a few light taps with a hammer in the stand then a good tug
De you recommend the bearings be installed dry with no type of lubrication?
I have been taught to put a small amount of grease in the bearing cups and on the bearings themselves.
good video.. ta
how much does lube cost?
I'm putting together a Dolan L'Etape frameset at the moment. I've figured out where all the headset bearings etc go but I'm defeated by the locking star-nut it came with. I cant even get it to fit in the steerer tube?
my fork won't drop out, i've followed all the steps and it's still stuck. what do i do?
Ricardo Russo Put some lube in the fork and gently hammer it down, your fork is probably rusty.
no grease?
thnx :)
only diff between him and me.... mine is a oily mess
I know... lol
His bike was for demonstration.
Everyone's bike are mess.
didn`t work still loose...i`m out of ideas...i should`ve left the old cups in...time to throw the bike away and start all over
how do you take the bearings off? please message me back.
guess a flat screwdrivre, like I always do
Who put the mood music on this ...... it's suck a rack off ....... intro and exit music may be, and may be a little in fill as you fly over the parts ..... we are attempting to glean info ... not wanting to tap our feet .
ive owned my bike for just 4 months have 1000km on it and the bearings are already gone!!
PatrickM2638 Do you keep
your bike outside?
Hi
nope.. so long as they all go back on, the order is irrelevant.
I used k y jelly
30 to 40 O_O nowonder bike shops are going out of buisness left and right over here where i live. sounds worse then car mechanics
It took you seven min. Not five
if only it was as easy.
Starastin It is...