Author Topic: can you get the sealed bearings out.... (Read 1500 times)

meticulous · « **on:** June 17, 2009, 08:19 PM »

of suntour hubs, it looks like they could be pressed in?

thanks,....

HEYWOOD BMX · « **Reply #1 on:** June 17, 2009, 08:26 PM »

Should be able to.Most bike bearings are pressed in & have the size etc stamped onto them if you need to source replacements...

meticulous · « **Reply #2 on:** June 17, 2009, 08:28 PM »

thanks james, but you cannot get a screw driver in to tap it out, as there is no lip for your chisel/screw driver to get hold of....

lazychubs · « **Reply #3 on:** June 17, 2009, 08:32 PM »

use the axle to tap em out but make sure ya dont damage the axle when hitting it

meticulous · « **Reply #4 on:** June 17, 2009, 08:37 PM »

the bearing centre and hub centre are both the same size and butt up to one another so you cannot geta grip onto it....

ron burgundy · « **Reply #5 on:** June 17, 2009, 08:50 PM »

I know what you are saying... it's a very poor design.

Buy a set of Suzue, they were designed by a person with a brain.

kuwahero · « **Reply #6 on:** June 17, 2009, 09:00 PM »

I have the same problem. I think you need a small bearing puller but dont know where to get one.

I removed the shields on the outside, flushed them with GT85 and packed them with grease. they run ok at the mo but will need replacing once I can find a way to remove them

dan-dare · « **Reply #7 on:** June 17, 2009, 09:11 PM »

Quote from: Lazychubs on June 17, 2009, 08:32 PM

use the axle to tap em out but make sure ya dont damage the axle when hitting it

As above, the spindle has a shoulder in the centre. So you can tap one side out, followed by the other. Put an old wheel nut on the spindle to tap it, or use a hide hammer.

snav69 · « **Reply #8 on:** June 17, 2009, 09:17 PM »

I came up with my own way of removing them

Get one of these expanding bolts

Insert it till tight then nip it up with a spanner

Then twat it out with a small extension bar

Worked a treat for me and then i replaced them with 6001RS sealed bearings

Thats an old Suzue hub i've just used in the pictures for demontration, I did it this way to the Araya Aero's i sold to motomagII on here that had sealed Suntours

kuwahero · « **Reply #9 on:** June 17, 2009, 09:19 PM »

spindle doesnt have a shoulder as you can remove it. from the hub with the bearings still in place.

top man snav guess I will be servicing them at the weekend then.

magna13 · « **Reply #10 on:** June 17, 2009, 09:50 PM »

Getting sealed bearings out on hubs is a pot of p*ss! i usually just undo one of the hub bolts then knock out the axle with a plastic or wooden malet and if one of the bearings stay put in there then i use a drift on it

dan-dare · « **Reply #11 on:** June 17, 2009, 09:53 PM »

Quote from: kuwahero on June 17, 2009, 09:19 PM

spindle doesnt have a shoulder as you can remove it. from the hub with the bearings still in place.

top man snav guess I will be servicing them at the weekend then.

Your right dude, I'm thinking suzue.