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[Closed] Enduro fork seal Bearings

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Shimano's Primula Tech bearing in the road Bottom Bracket have given up the ghost. Do the enduro fork seals ones need the top hats like the Utterly-Butterly Shimano Ones? Has anyone found a cheaper alternative to this swap? In a perfect works I'd be rushing off and finding a Hope one and wacking it in, but is there a cheaper alternative?
Ta.


 
Posted : 02/06/2013 10:00 pm
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My enduro ones were pish tbh- didn't last as long as a new deore, cost more. No top hat from what I recall, just the bearing and a seemingly completely ineffectual red outer shield


 
Posted : 02/06/2013 10:04 pm
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No top hats as the inner race is 24mm instead of 25mm. Mine have been fine this past year and still spin like new.


 
Posted : 02/06/2013 10:06 pm
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It's late and now I feel like toast and lots of butter


 
Posted : 02/06/2013 10:07 pm
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Mixed views on Enduro. Might get the grease out and save up for a hope.


 
Posted : 03/06/2013 6:18 am
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The new enduro bottom bracket seems to be getting rav reviews. The bearings actually require preload which is how a lot of people kill bottom brackets too early.


 
Posted : 03/06/2013 6:21 am
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I've got hopes on the rest of the fleet, and got the bearing removing kit to fix them when they wear out. I discoverdd this morning it was the non drive side thats gone rough So I'd prefer to remove these bearings and replace but it's those stupd plastic top hats which I don't like. Do Phil Woods bearings need top hats?


 
Posted : 03/06/2013 5:20 pm

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