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[Closed] Cup & Cone bearings - how lovely!

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Maybe that's why I don't have to replace bearings all the time - my Hopes are ten year old ProII 🙂


 
Posted : 03/07/2017 7:14 pm
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I remember using a biro pen lid to place the individual ball bearings into hubs!

Anyone else used to do that?

Oh, and remove caged bearings so you could fit a few extra ball bearings into the hub? 😀


 
Posted : 04/07/2017 1:32 pm
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I remember using a biro pen lid to place the individual ball bearings into hubs!

Anyone else used to do that?

A Biro? You were lucky to have a Biro. I had to make do with the blade of a slotted screwdriver with a bit of grease on it to hold the ball bearing.

Cartridge bearings? The youth of today don't know how lucky they are.


 
Posted : 04/07/2017 1:44 pm
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I am also a fan of cup and cone, though I will tell you my shimano deore rear hub had a habit of the cone coming loose


 
Posted : 04/07/2017 1:47 pm
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A Biro? You were lucky to have a Biro. I had to make do with the blade of a slotted screwdriver with a bit of grease on it to hold the ball bearing.

We used to dream of having a screwdriver! When I were a lad, we used to install bearings with a used teabag...

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Posted : 04/07/2017 4:03 pm
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Well when I say 'screwdriver' it was only a broken fingernail, but it was a screwdriver to ME.


 
Posted : 04/07/2017 5:39 pm
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Well when I say 'screwdriver' it was only a broken fingernail, but it was a screwdriver to ME.

But you try and tell young people today that. They won't believe you!


 
Posted : 04/07/2017 9:08 pm
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