wheel help!

dazzzer
dazzzer Posts: 72
edited July 2012 in MTB workshop & tech
Had my bike a few months now and after riding it yesterday I noticed on the back wheel there is a little left and right movement on the wheel < For some reason It only moves left and right at a certain point of the turn in the wheel it doesn’t have left and right movement all the time in the wheel .

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  • warpcow
    warpcow Posts: 1,448
    Can you see if it's the tyre or the rim?
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  • dazzzer
    dazzzer Posts: 72
    Its not the tyre . I hold the frame and and turn the wheel till i find where it has the movment then i just hold the tyre and rim and give it a push left and right .
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    So play in the bearings?

    New bearings or time to adjust them.

    It all depends on the hub.
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  • dazzzer
    dazzzer Posts: 72
    Yer i am new to bikes and still learning things as i go along , Do you think i should take the bearing out and try cleaning them down ?
    Also i was thinking the wheel only moves at one point when turning the wheel round the rest of the time it is solid as a rock so it could be just one bad bearing in there . If i needed new bearings is they a standard size? halfords only have 1/4" cage bearings and 3/16"
  • lordmerchant
    lordmerchant Posts: 378
    I needed some new bearings, took an old one to a local bearing shop and got about 50 new ones for a fiver! dont go to a bike specific shop they will rip you off.
  • dazzzer
    dazzzer Posts: 72
    Went and got some new bearing and replaced them and it still has a little movement at one point of the wheel , I have also noticed when spining the wheel there is one place that the wheel wobbles out of line and dose not run straight . Could a buckled wheel cause a little bit of play in the wheel ?
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    Play in the hub will not cause movement in one point.

    A out of true rim has no bearing on the bearings.

    Sounds like you need to get someone who knows to look at it.
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  • dazzzer
    dazzzer Posts: 72
    Well I know its not the bearings or a buckeled wheel , I dont know if this would be a good idea to try as a last chance but could a slightly bent wheel axle casue this problem, What i do is i start with my hand on top of the wheel and shack it then i notice small movement so then i turn the wheel a bit and it starts to go solid .
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    could well be a bent axle then.
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