Bearings

greeg
greeg Posts: 41
edited July 2007 in MTB workshop & tech
Folks,
can anyone recommend bearings for a QR Hope Front Bulb hub,or would
the bog standard do just as well?
Regards

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    well have a read of the number on the side of the bearing and pop into a beearing shop. they will be able to provide the same or hight quality levels.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • mc
    mc Posts: 70
    According to the hope parts diagram, they use two 61804-2RS bearings. (the 2RS specifies sealed bearings).

    Provided you use a reputable source, the bearings will be good enough.
  • greeg
    greeg Posts: 41
    Can i fit them myself without a special tool?Or is it a LBS job?
  • mc
    mc Posts: 70
    Unless you're mechanically competent, they're best left to somebody who knows what they're doing.
    They've got to be hammered out, and the new ones pressed in.
  • Rockhopper
    Rockhopper Posts: 503
    edited July 2007
    You need some sockets to use as drifts, a big hammer, a screwdriver and some blocks of wood as supports.
    Its not difficult but it takes some courage to start banging away at your wheel.

    Bearings are bearings, Hope don't make them, they get them from a bearing supplier and add about £4.00 to the price!!
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    as has been said above if you are not sure then dont but it is not that hard.

    bulb_f_ass2_explo%2Btab.jpg

    that is for the bulb but cant be too disimilar.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • dvatc_mark
    dvatc_mark Posts: 37
    If you do it yourself, make sure you buy branded bearings like SKF ones rather than unbranded ones, there are pleanty of sellers on Ebay who stock SKF.
  • lachoman
    lachoman Posts: 371
    Ebay is the place for cheap ones, i got 6804s for my halo hub for a pound each or something.
    <hr noshade size="1">You bend it, you mend it.
  • greeg
    greeg Posts: 41
    I have ordered direct replacements from CRCycles.
    Thanks for the responses as i didn't know anything and now i do.Regards

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