<![CDATA[Tip for fitting rear wheel bearings]]>If like me you don’t have a ‘wheeler dealers’ workshop fitting rear bearings can be a bear 🐻 The outer edge is so thin even a well fitted socket can slip and damage the seal on the bearings. My solution is to use the tightening ring fitted to an angle grinder (with a socket on top)…

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Make sure to sticky out side is up so you don’t damage the inner of the bearing.

Then use a socket on top as usual. A little bit of heat helps 😜 …

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]]>https://dt125r.co.uk/topic/3313/tip-for-fitting-rear-wheel-bearingsRSS for NodeFri, 12 Jun 2026 10:36:21 GMTThu, 15 Aug 2024 15:01:46 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Tip for fitting rear wheel bearings on Sun, 25 Aug 2024 13:33:46 GMT]]>I’ve always froze my bearings heated up the hub greased everything up then gave a bit of gentle persuasion, never had any problems the couple of times I’ve done it but that’s a pretty handy trick

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I do this as well, it’s just that the outer race on these is so thin that the slightest slip buggers up the rubber seal.
I learnt this the hard way 😐

]]>https://dt125r.co.uk/post/32217https://dt125r.co.uk/post/32217Fri, 16 Aug 2024 06:39:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tip for fitting rear wheel bearings on Thu, 15 Aug 2024 19:54:00 GMT]]>@SpookDog I always keep old bearings for use at this kind of jobs.

]]>https://dt125r.co.uk/post/32215https://dt125r.co.uk/post/32215Thu, 15 Aug 2024 19:54:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tip for fitting rear wheel bearings on Thu, 15 Aug 2024 19:10:16 GMT]]>@SpookDog Yes pretty cool hack, doesn't matter what you use as long as it keeps the impact away from the inner race and doesn't deform the seal :+1:

]]>https://dt125r.co.uk/post/32214https://dt125r.co.uk/post/32214Thu, 15 Aug 2024 19:10:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tip for fitting rear wheel bearings on Thu, 15 Aug 2024 15:44:52 GMT]]>Nice tip! I must admit, I have always had bearings replaced by people with a press.

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