Mate. You helped me out big-time. Rear wheel had play in it, no matter how much I tightened the axle. People who can't afford the tools/shop repairs need these ideas the most. There's a cold beverage waiting for you here if you ever come to London, Thanks :D
Great video, went to my plumbing draw and found everything I needed to take the bearings out was finished in no time waiting on new bearings to arrive. Thanks for your help.
I'm here to say that this fellow does a great job, what he does and how he does it works well. So he uses dyna bolts to get the it done, and so be it. Hey man, you are a great teacher .. With thanks.
Pleased to see a video that demonstrates and encourages ingenuity in bicycle maintenance. I have always liked to do my own repairs and maintenance on anything I own but bicycle components have become not just better but more diverse and complex over the decades. Therefore it is really helpful to find ways of doing the work without having to buy new tools, some of which may become obsolete as bicycles evolve or may just no longer be needed after you move to a new bike. I also appreciate your videos on how to make your own chain cleaning products etc. I have felt for a long time that the industry is ripping cyclists off for such products. I am prepared to pay a good amount of coin for a good bike with good components but I do not want to be bled just to keep it in good order.
Thanks, been googleing the whole night and now you probably saved me from bying expensive special tools for bearing replacement. Greetings from Finland!
Watching this just helped me troubleshoot what was (to me) a baffling problem: there was a bit of slop in my front hub that I just could not get rid of, despite adjusting preload nuts, cinching the hub extra tight etc. It was driving me nuts. Turns out the bearing had crept out at some point and was not fully seated. As a result, the axle wasn't seated either. A few light taps with the proper drift set it in place and the slop disappeared. I've watched your other videos before, and despite the fact that I have a fair number of homemade and store-bought tools already, I'm a subscriber now. Excellent explanations, especially when faced with something out of the ordinary. Thank you!
Thanks for the tip - it helped me to pull a bearing without having to buy a bearing puller! (In the UK these "Dynabolts" are known as "anchor bolts" or "shield bolts", but they do the same job.)
That was another awesome video . I just forked out $ 140 .00 for ...... bike shop to replace rear hub cartridge bearings . DAMN IT ! Also thanks for your home brewed chain wax video , I have been running your chain wax on my bikes for 18 months . Its much better than anything I have used before .
Great video - thanks. About to do a front 15mm thru-axle Giant hub with 6804 bearings (20mm ID, 32mm OD) and thought I'd see what RUclips had, you covered a couple of things I hadn't considered. Good tip on the Dynabolt for bearing extraction and the reducing bush as a stand. Will check out your other videos now, some of your tools resemble ones I've cobbled together for one-off jobs rather than paying for the pro tools!
Thank you for this tutorial to change bearings on a racing bike. I have never done that work before but thanks to this great video I made it. Great video, keep up the good work!!
I hsve the Novatech hubs on my Chinese carbon wheels, I got water in the front bearings from cleaning with the hose and so they then rusted up. Very easy to knock out the old bearings without anything but a rubber/wood mallet. Squeezed the new bearings in with the scewer. So easy I could do it on the side of the road. haha. Still some good stuff here in your vid. Thanks.
oz cycle my Whyte 146 pivot bearings are so tight on tolerance that it's the only way to get them in without getting them in at an angle. The other way is to heat the object you are pressing them in to but you can damage paint etc and possibly weaken the part. Freezing the bearing is safer and less hassle
Just some advice you may want to alter your process. When you put force on a bearing to install or remove you always want he force on the outer race. This method puts force on the inner race. This makes microscopic dents on the race and make the bearing start to wear and be less smooth. You may never notice this or if its real tight you may notice this the first time but the dents are there. Just something to think about if you are a racer that is looking to save all the watts possible.
Absolutely right Andrew. Try cleaning and relubing the bearing without extraction. If the bearing needs to be removed....To dislodge some need to be tapped on the inner race. In this case the bearing should be replaced.
I liked the cool made your own tool presses, and easy learning about how to remove the bearings, But you didn't show how to remove the drive side bearing cog tooth inside the hub to take out the drive side. The tool for that is over $55.00 US dollars. Is there another way to do it and less expensive? Thank you for this video and other's you have shared.
Thank you, great video. I am missing one part of the Press-in. You tapped the drive-side bearing on to the axle. Next step is how you insert the non-drive-side bearing. How do I press in the drive-side bearing on the axle?
Extraction/insertion of the drive side bearing is conspicuous by its absence. Will probably be obvious, when I come to do it, but would be nice to see it, for completeness
This guy's great, brilliant and gets it done with minimal cost in materials, Dynabolt? Is there another title for that bit if the local haadware store in USA does not speak cockney english? you already were a step ahead with the composite threaded collar used on table, For me, I may use a shop vise with wood shims to protect surfaces
◆💠🎧🐦🎧💝🌸🎸 I have to thank the poster from the bottom of my 💖💞♥️💝💕💓 Thanks to your expert clear and consise explanations I was able to savely mcgyver my 1st bearing presses with home tools and gadgets. I had removed the old ones before watching this and made suprisingly few mistakes. I had a cycling tech who stiffed me with the last replacements which only held for 3 months (he did not put my new ones in) so I finally cut the cord and did it myself🎸 🌸💝🎧🐦🎧💠◆
How to remove bearings in Chosen hubs with hallow aluminium axle spacer between the bearings which joins both inner races of the bearings together? I guess with a blind bearing puller only.
I used deep impact sockets to drive the first bearing out, second bearing wanted to play games so I hit the hub with mapp gas torch and drove it out with a few hard smacks on the hammer. bearings are totally rusted and crunchy, this was the clicking noise i was getting when coasting.
Three years on and this video is still, great. I think I might of solved it for now but this morning I got that crunching noise from my back wheel and wondered what it was. The wheels are low budget Fulcrum Racing Sports. Working on the non drive side I discovered they were cartridge bearings , my first as all my other bikes have ball bearings , so I lifted out the seal and filled it with grease which hopefully will last a few months. So I can see how you could replace this bearing but when tried to get the freewheel off it appears to be non detachable and tied on by the spokes. So if you should read this can you tell me whether this is common on cheap wheels and could I use a variation of your method to remove the wheel bearing that sits inside the freewheel. As normal your videos are Premier league stuff. Thanks.
I say the dynabolt thing makes no total sense. You can just tap it inside the hole right? Maybe a washer for even tapp distribution but all in all great informative video thanks
You may damage the bearing. I think the point of the dynabolt is that it distributes the force evenly on the bearing. If you do not plan to reuse the bearings, then yes, tap it out.
Hi. as i have a 12mm thur axle i should get a dynabolt that fits a 15mm bearing. shall i get a 14 or 13mm Bolt? i need to find a similar one in germany. thanks a lot
Some bike mechanics dont recomend taping for insert they use like bolt press to put the bearing´s in! But they have to tap at least one of them? Or there is another way arround?
+N Garcia Some hubs the bearing fit is tight so a press is better. The important thing is not to damage bearings either extracting or pressing and that they seat evenly.
Great informative video! Just wondering what dimension of expanding bolt you would recommend for removing a bearing with internal diameter of 15mm (6802/3)
If you got the bits lying around it's worth doing it like so, however if you don't just get the proper tools. Especially if it's the first time doing it so you don't ruin the new bearings or worse the hubs. Bicycle tools are pennies and you don't have to buy top of the line tools.
Perhaps you've covered this elsewhere but was curious if your 'bearing toolkit' could also be used for extracting and replacing the bearing in the freehub body. Cheers!
You could but the sealed bearing may move around a bit on the curved race designed for round balls. If you could remove those races and get a nice square fit of the sealed bearing to the hub shell it would probably be ok but that's a bit of work and if it doesn't work out you have ruined the hub.
Mate. You helped me out big-time.
Rear wheel had play in it, no matter how much I tightened the axle.
People who can't afford the tools/shop repairs need these ideas the most.
There's a cold beverage waiting for you here if you ever come to London, Thanks :D
👍...cheers yass b
Great video, went to my plumbing draw and found everything I needed to take the bearings out was finished in no time waiting on new bearings to arrive. Thanks for your help.
I'm here to say that this fellow does a great job, what he does and how he does it works well. So he uses dyna bolts to get the it done, and so be it. Hey man, you are a great teacher .. With thanks.
Pleased to see a video that demonstrates and encourages ingenuity in bicycle maintenance. I have always liked to do my own repairs and maintenance on anything I own but bicycle components have become not just better but more diverse and complex over the decades. Therefore it is really helpful to find ways of doing the work without having to buy new tools, some of which may become obsolete as bicycles evolve or may just no longer be needed after you move to a new bike. I also appreciate your videos on how to make your own chain cleaning products etc. I have felt for a long time that the industry is ripping cyclists off for such products. I am prepared to pay a good amount of coin for a good bike with good components but I do not want to be bled just to keep it in good order.
Yup,and not to mention bike clothing which doesnt last forever either 😎
Thanks, been googleing the whole night and now you probably saved me from bying expensive special tools for bearing replacement. Greetings from Finland!
Watching this just helped me troubleshoot what was (to me) a baffling problem: there was a bit of slop in my front hub that I just could not get rid of, despite adjusting preload nuts, cinching the hub extra tight etc. It was driving me nuts. Turns out the bearing had crept out at some point and was not fully seated. As a result, the axle wasn't seated either. A few light taps with the proper drift set it in place and the slop disappeared.
I've watched your other videos before, and despite the fact that I have a fair number of homemade and store-bought tools already, I'm a subscriber now. Excellent explanations, especially when faced with something out of the ordinary. Thank you!
+Oliver Neubauer Glad to hear you found the problem with front bearing not quite seated right Oliver. Sealed bearing hubs are good but not perfect.
exact same thing for me!
Thanks for the tip - it helped me to pull a bearing without having to buy a bearing puller!
(In the UK these "Dynabolts" are known as "anchor bolts" or "shield bolts", but they do the same job.)
Thats great! ...and thank you for the right names for the bolts in the UK. 😁
hi there, im trying to get in germany but there are so many types. would you point me to the right one? thanks
I like the fact that there is a completely different sound from nature down there compared to here in norway 😍
Wow great job. Plus you set a world record... the first Australian to go 20 minutes without swearing! 🤣
All jokes aside that was 10× better than any other video on this subject I've seen
That was another awesome video . I just forked out $ 140 .00 for ...... bike shop to replace rear hub cartridge bearings . DAMN IT !
Also thanks for your home brewed chain wax video , I have been running your chain wax on my bikes for 18 months . Its much better than anything I have used before .
Never thought I would get bearing tips from Henry Rollins! ;)
Had to google who he was 😂
exact look alike .. 😝 😆
Great stuff. So down to earth - trust the Ozzies to have it sorted!
Thanks a bunch.
Absolutely brilliant! Thanks so much, I changed my bearings on my Specialized MTB, just had to change up to M16 dynabolts.
Thanks again!
Great video - thanks. About to do a front 15mm thru-axle Giant hub with 6804 bearings (20mm ID, 32mm OD) and thought I'd see what RUclips had, you covered a couple of things I hadn't considered. Good tip on the Dynabolt for bearing extraction and the reducing bush as a stand. Will check out your other videos now, some of your tools resemble ones I've cobbled together for one-off jobs rather than paying for the pro tools!
Very good explanation of replacing sealed bearing for bicycle hubs! Thanks mate!
Great job one of the best video's out there on hub sealed bearings removal and installation!!
Thank you for this tutorial to change bearings on a racing bike. I have never done that work before but thanks to this great video I made it. Great video, keep up the good work!!
you make great videos your a good teacher better then any other instructional videos Ive seen for bikes and home made tools
Glad you enjoying them Michael 😁
Super video! And I'm just about to take on this repair. I think I'm going to put together your suggested tool kit.
It's just AWESOME, many thanks :) I'm going to change front&rear wheel bearings in my Merida 300 this week.
I hsve the Novatech hubs on my Chinese carbon wheels, I got water in the front bearings from cleaning with the hose and so they then rusted up. Very easy to knock out the old bearings without anything but a rubber/wood mallet. Squeezed the new bearings in with the scewer. So easy I could do it on the side of the road. haha. Still some good stuff here in your vid. Thanks.
+ozesalsa Yes Ive seen the squere used as a press :). Unfortunately rear bearings are a bit more difficult than rhe front.
I have been considering taking on this job and its the best I've seen. Great video thanks.
Thanks for this video. Saves me a lot of money and time. Greetings from Fryslân in the Netherlands
Your cycling videos are just so informative, my go-to source on RUclips
Thnx Jim. Comments like yours make it all worth while....and riding the bike of course 😁
This is super handy. Nice tip. I've got those ordinary hubs were the axle is threaded and I can't remove them both side bearings.
expansion bolt trick worked perfectly!!! many thanks
I booked marked this excellent video. Sounds like you have a bird sanctuary. Could have sworn I heard guineas at 18:00.
Yeh lotsa birds here but no guineas on the farm.
If the bearing is very tight leave the bearings in the freezer overnight which will make the bearing shrink slightly making the job easier
+Danrandon900 Thats a great suggestion Danrandon!!
oz cycle my Whyte 146 pivot bearings are so tight on tolerance that it's the only way to get them in without getting them in at an angle. The other way is to heat the object you are pressing them in to but you can damage paint etc and possibly weaken the part. Freezing the bearing is safer and less hassle
+Danrandon900 Gee thats tight! Have you tried using teflon based lubricant to help them glide in?
oz cycle tried everything. Spoke to Whyte and they do it the way as me
+Danrandon900 Nice to know...thanx.
This looks like the exact info I needed to get started extracting my rear wheel.
Fantastic video! Well made, well explained and bloody great ideas.
Ingenuity over cash - that's how I was brought up. Subscribed!
Thank you for the great DIY project. Time for me to switch to sealed bearing hubs, i hate loose bearings.
Yet another GREAT d.i.y. tool invention video. Thanks for the inspiration!
Wonderful work 👏 👌 keep up the amazing job 👏
VERY clever, and nice closeup filming too THANKS
Very transparent and informative. Thanx mister.
Hey OZ CYCLE . You are the 'Macguyver' of cycle .
Just some advice you may want to alter your process. When you put force on a bearing to install or remove you always want he force on the outer race. This method puts force on the inner race. This makes microscopic dents on the race and make the bearing start to wear and be less smooth. You may never notice this or if its real tight you may notice this the first time but the dents are there. Just something to think about if you are a racer that is looking to save all the watts possible.
Absolutely right Andrew. Try cleaning and relubing the bearing without extraction. If the bearing needs to be removed....To dislodge some need to be tapped on the inner race. In this case the bearing should be replaced.
subscribed. ya got me. anyone who makes their own tools is ok by me. it's the kind of stuff i want to be able to do, and now i can thanks to you !
Hello, very good job, very usefull, one of the best and clear tuto i ever see ! thank you.
I really like to learn from you from you, you are so good
Your videos are fantastic. Thank you!
Awesome vid....what oil are you using when you clean up and reinstall the rear hub body...
For the clutch , a thin smear of medium viscosity grease.
Outstanding job Sir
Informative and to the point. Just excellent !
Awesome job once again Steve. Thanks mate.
Thank you, this is a great video; your DIY videos are top notch.
Thanx Hoa,glad you like them. 😁
Thank you awesome video. You saved me time and money.
Nice work mate. I don't think you need to remove those grub screws though, just backing them off a few turns is enough.
Brilliant application of simple tools and objects!!! Thanks for an inspirational tutorial.
Literally says no special tools. But, uses a bunch of special tools lmao
Awesome, really valuable information. Thanks.
That use of Dynabolt is the first real "HACK" that I have ever seen. I've changed lots of bearings, never seen or thought of this.
Thanks for luring us to empty an entire tools section of home depot just to be able to remove damn bearings.
Dude, you are amazing. Nice job!
nice DIY tools. your are creative, gave me ideas :) thanks
I liked the cool made your own tool presses, and easy learning about how to remove the bearings, But you didn't show how to remove the drive side bearing cog tooth inside the hub to take out the drive side.
The tool for that is over $55.00 US dollars. Is there another way to do it and less expensive?
Thank you for this video and other's you have shared.
+++ dużo uśmiechu i pogody dla widzów.
Thank you, great video.
I am missing one part of the Press-in. You tapped the drive-side bearing on to the axle. Next step is how you insert the non-drive-side bearing. How do I press in the drive-side bearing on the axle?
Press driveside bearing into the frame first,then push BB axle thru frame.
@@stevenleffanue Thank you. I managed to get the the bearings back in. Your video helped me enormously.
Extraction/insertion of the drive side bearing is conspicuous by its absence. Will probably be obvious, when I come to do it, but would be nice to see it, for completeness
Support sir nice job
God bless sir,,,,!
This guy's great, brilliant and gets it done with minimal cost in materials, Dynabolt? Is there another title for that bit if the local haadware store in USA does not speak cockney english? you already were a step ahead with the composite threaded collar used on table, For me, I may use a shop vise with wood shims to protect surfaces
◆💠🎧🐦🎧💝🌸🎸 I have to thank the poster from the bottom of my 💖💞♥️💝💕💓 Thanks to your expert clear and consise explanations I was able to savely mcgyver my 1st bearing presses with home tools and gadgets. I had removed the old ones before watching this and made suprisingly few mistakes. I had a cycling tech who stiffed me with the last replacements which only held for 3 months (he did not put my new ones in) so I finally cut the cord and did it myself🎸 🌸💝🎧🐦🎧💠◆
Congratulations Inafu Sabi 😎
Man do I love your videos! Great work mate.
Man this guy could single handedly compete with ParkTool 😂
I’m doing BMX any tips a really great thanks a lot keep up the good work
How to remove bearings in Chosen hubs with hallow aluminium axle spacer between the bearings which joins both inner races of the bearings together? I guess with a blind bearing puller only.
Wow. Great Job. Thanks for the information is very helpful for me
DIY man of the bicycles. i love it
Whao, best channel ever.
Awesome thanks beautiful work 👍
Love your tutorials
Well done, Mr. Irons 😁
Oz, you remind me of MacGyver :) Awesome videos.
those are just concrete anchor bolts, not sure what he was calling them but thats what to look for,
very common and cheap at hardware stores.
Excellent video, helped me a lot, thanks.
An informative vid. Thanks
Great job
How about replacing the clutch bearing?
If required , use a blind end puller to extract it.
Everything cool, only how to pull out bearing if in hub between bearings is small pipe ?
Use a "blind bearing puller".
What a super video!! Thank you
I used deep impact sockets to drive the first bearing out, second bearing wanted to play games so I hit the hub with mapp gas torch and drove it out with a few hard smacks on the hammer. bearings are totally rusted and crunchy, this was the clicking noise i was getting when coasting.
thanks for sharing this, amazing video
Dear Oz.. what kind of grease are you using..
can you make a video about grease.. thank you
Three years on and this video is still, great. I think I might of solved it for now but this morning I got that crunching noise from my back wheel and wondered what it was. The wheels are low budget Fulcrum Racing Sports. Working on the non drive side I discovered they were cartridge bearings , my first as all my other bikes have ball bearings , so I lifted out the seal and filled it with grease which hopefully will last a few months. So I can see how you could replace this bearing but when tried to get the freewheel off it appears to be non detachable and tied on by the spokes. So if you should read this can you tell me whether this is common on cheap wheels and could I use a variation of your method to remove the wheel bearing that sits inside the freewheel. As normal your videos are Premier league stuff. Thanks.
All bearings can be replaced. It should be possible to get instructions from Fulcrum in your model hub ,Ted.
@@stevenleffanue Thanks for replying and I will look them up. Enjoy your Summer. Ted
Hello where can i see the list of the tools that he has? Is there a list? Or you need to follow the video?
I say the dynabolt thing makes no total sense. You can just tap it inside the hole right? Maybe a washer for even tapp distribution but all in all great informative video thanks
My dyna bolt pulled through. Instead just hit bearing with bolt from inside at 3, 6, 9, 12 positions until it falls out
You may damage the bearing. I think the point of the dynabolt is that it distributes the force evenly on the bearing. If you do not plan to reuse the bearings, then yes, tap it out.
Sorry for mi english, but why the first front bearings dont need a hammer hit?
Hi. as i have a 12mm thur axle i should get a dynabolt that fits a 15mm bearing. shall i get a 14 or 13mm Bolt? i need to find a similar one in germany. thanks a lot
Some bike mechanics dont recomend taping for insert they use like bolt press to put the bearing´s in! But they have to tap at least one of them? Or there is another way arround?
+N Garcia Some hubs the bearing fit is tight so a press is better. The important thing is not to damage bearings either extracting or pressing and that they seat evenly.
Great informative video! Just wondering what dimension of expanding bolt you would recommend for removing a bearing with internal diameter of 15mm (6802/3)
Closest size to 15mm is 12mm Mat.
I wrapped some soda can aluminum around the inside of the anchor-bolt to expand the sleeve a bit extra to bite on a larger diameter bearing.
Really nice job man!!!!!!
If you got the bits lying around it's worth doing it like so, however if you don't just get the proper tools.
Especially if it's the first time doing it so you don't ruin the new bearings or worse the hubs. Bicycle tools are pennies and you don't have to buy top of the line tools.
You might want to try using a nylon washer as well to stop any metal on metal grinding.
You mean on the tool?
Hi from Poland! Great instructions, but how to remove bearing from the clutch?
A 'blind bearing puller' should work on most clutch bodies.
What a nice chap. Great video but you didn't remove the rear drive side bearing?
Rarely does the inner bearing require service/replacement as it is sealed from the elements by the hub shell.
Called "expansion bolts in the US", great idea.
Genius! Thanks so much for this.
The Mcgyver of bike mechanics.
Thank you , thank you ,THANK YOU !
Can you do a repeat of this procedure on thru axle front and rear
Good suggestion,will add to the list. Thanx
Its confirmed years ago lycra gain 20lb minimum on yt videos.All best:)
Perhaps you've covered this elsewhere but was curious if your 'bearing toolkit' could also be used for extracting and replacing the bearing in the freehub body. Cheers!
Doh! Didn't wait til the end of the video to see what's coming next... ;-)
+Ian MacDonald Yup...thats the next vid
Can you replace the unsealed bearings on a Shimano 105 hub with sealed bearings? Great video and tools to :-) ! 👍
You could but the sealed bearing may move around a bit on the curved race designed for round balls. If you could remove those races and get a nice square fit of the sealed bearing to the hub shell it would probably be ok but that's a bit of work and if it doesn't work out you have ruined the hub.
Cheers Thankyou . What size ball are they as they extremely grindy