replacing bearings on Mavic ksyrium elites?

felstead

My wheels are starting to make some worrying noises that make me think the bearings are on their way out.

Does anyone know what the deal is with replacing them? I assume as sealed units they are not repairable / servicable.

James

nicklouse

have you adjusted them?

as the hub bearings should be adjustable.

QRM+
Qualité Roulements Mavic® Plus


Sealed cartridge bearings including a specific high precision adjustment ring. Precisely adjusted to the hub, they participate to the lateral rigidity due to an optimized positionning,


_Sealed Cartridge Bearings require no specific maintenance and are interchangeable
_SCB produce low friction and maximum rolling fluidity
_Fast, easy and very precise micro adjustment of the hub play with the special tool (M40123) supplied with the wheels

http://www.mavic.com/road/products/Ksyr ... 95153.aspx

craigenty

I did my Elites last year.

Take the sealed units out. Take them to a Engineers bearing suppliers, find one in yellow pages, and buy some new ones.

(They are about 5 times more expensive buying them from a bike shop)

hugo15

Not sure if it will be any help but the mavic tech manuals are below

http://www.tech-mavic.com/tech-mavic/te ... nual/data/

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craigenty

Brilliant link!
It's all there how to do it. Dead easy and you don't need the bearing pullers like it says on the diagram.

hugo15

I found it in one of the free catalogues that came with the C+ mag (RJ Chicken I think). I don't have Mavic wheels myself but it is such a useful bit of info for those that do.

the ferry

While we are on the subject, i was going to get a pair for my 'best' racing wheels.
Seem to get a good write up and just within my price range.
Any advice?