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Remove and replace wheel bearings

  • conmore
    conmore
    16 years ago

    Hi there

     

    I have a couple of Fatboy wheels I want to send off for chroming and was advised that I remove the wheel bearings before shipping the wheels.

    I have a hydraulic press in my shed (probably overkill), but can anyone tell me if there is an easy way to R&R the front and rear wheel bearings on an '03 set of wheels? Any advice appreciated.

     

    Cheers

     

  • conmore
    conmore
    16 years ago

    Hey Scotty

    Went to Mitre10 and got a 20mm and 16mm Dynabolt to give it a try and the 16mm one is too small (kinda knew that would be the case) and the 20mm one is to big to fit the inner diameter of the bearing.

    Do they make imperial sized dynabolts that you are aware of. I'm guessing that my bike ('03 Fatboy) has 3/4" axles.

    Maybe I can grind the larger one down a bit to fit? Any cheaper bearing removal tool available rather than the ones I've seen for about 240USD?

    Cheers