How to Clean Skateboard Bearings | Tactics
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- Опубліковано 30 бер 2020
- Cleaning your bearing is essential for fast long-lasting bearings. It'll save you money in the long run and is kind of fun to do anyway. We'll give you step-by-step instructions on how to clean your skateboard bearings and give you a few tips for making it a smooth and easy process.
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Do you clean your bearings or do you just get new ones? 🤔
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How do you lube pressed in bearings?
I’m 23 and I was gonna do that
i clean them then i get new ones For spare parts
I would just ride trash bearings and never replace them unless they straight up broke. So many wasted years
I keep washing it w/WD-40 till they're clean 😁
When I was 7 years old, I just took the wheels off and then just wash them with water. God I was stupid.
Joe that pained me to read
It's ok I forgive you.
This youtuber from Barcelona Spain washes them with floor detergent and water and then sewing machine lubricant. The weirdest tutorial ever. ua-cam.com/video/ycJQDk3Wh3s/v-deo.html
Washing it in water is fine
@@Mystninja like literally what?
nothing more satisfying than gripping a board for me.
Never ever gets old. Especially setting up new wheels. Or a fresh board.
Same. I got it down to where I don't get any air bubbles.
Ascended Ninja 😳
if you’d seen my first griped deck you would say otherwise
My dream job!
After skating on & off for 25 years, I just learned You don't have to leave that wiggle room between each wheel if you use bearing spacers. They're not pointless after all lol. This is one of the best videos I've seen for cleaning bearings, rubbing alcohol is also a good solvent.
i didn’t know that i’ve always used bearing spacers and left that wiggle room i’ll try tightening it more thanks man
The spacers are only effective if they're in contact with both bearings. Then they'll all move as one unit. Have speed washers on both sides. Now you should be able to reduce the wiggle room and the bearings wheel will still spin freely.
Thanks this is really helpful i tried and realised it made a difference and it was actually a bit more secure
This is helpful I'm thinking of buying a skateboard later
Spacers do reduce the rpm, not sure how much but it was a huge topic.
I watched this at least 10 times even though I just cleaned my bearings last month. This is ASMR for skaters
I think it’s important to note that if you decide to use rubbing alcohol, PLEASE make sure the percentage is high. Let’s say you use 70% rubbing alcohol. Your wheels will rust from the 30% water. 91% and up is the best for cleaning bearings.
Thank you for that almost made the mistake just now
If it all evaporates it won't make a difference. Just make sure it evaporates.
Welp... rip my bearings
@@madz3343 lol no bro they’ll be completely fine. Sure the 70% take a bit longer to dry, but it will not damage them at all bud. Just make sure you use the proper amount and type of lubricant. I have bearings that are almost as old as me and I’m about to be 35.
I did the same😢
Literally just cleaned my bearings last week 😂 but I saved this video for next time! That bones bearing cleaner is amazing & that bones speed cream 👌
fr tho they were worth the money
i've been using the same bearings for a year almost
without cleaning them idk how they even work still
Basically get a wrench unscrew the nut take out the bearing and stuff and remember how it was placed so you can do it the exact same, then you’re going to get a piece of tissue rub the bearing on the inside and the outside and you can put in olive oil or motor oil to speed the board up and yeah you put everything back in it’s really easy and it takes about five minutes for every single bearing!
I mean 1 min for every one
I've had mine for 10 years. Just realized I'm supposed to change or clean them since one of my trucks broke
I have bearing that a 10 years old and all I do is a seed and bleed with 4 in 1 machine oil.
I had industrial photocopying machine oil that was the finest and bleed more dirt out.
Try 6 years 💀💀💀💀💀
Low key the best tutorial for cleaning bearings out there
Tactics really is the best , their product descriptions on the site are the best down to the mm , and now these vids super thorough helping out the newbs
I love Tactics, great shop, but I disagree about the product description, not much info on their decks.
Dayum I've skated for 15 years and have never done this
Same 💀💀💀 I'm just glad to know why my skateboard is such shit now
Would you just buy new ones every 3 months🤣
I didn't even know you could to be honest. Thank goodness because I just found one of my boards from 2012 still with the Bones Swiss in there but they kinda dry now.
Skid
Teiqii
Thank you very much for this comprehensive lesson I found it extremely informative easy to follow and I easy to understand I had the sealed abec 7 bearings but I was able to clean them and they're performing just like you thank you so much I will be watching other videos shortly
Really Great Video. I cleaned like 4 boards today since i had everything already to go. I had to move the bearings a bit to fit the covers back in. They wouldn't just pop in like I saw in the video. Very smooth tutorial. That BearIng Cleaner kit, looks nice to have just sliding them up and then securing with the wing nut and shake. Never seen that before. Thanks again.
good video. i recently discovered wrapping a thick cloth over the wheel makes prying the bearings out SO MUCH EASIER.
I dont know why the bones bearing cleaner kit is so expensive. Good video though.
Isopropyl alcohol and plastic tupperware work just as well.
That’s how they get cha
Its worth the investment it just saves a lot of time and effort i got mine with speed cream for only 15$ on amazon
its 15 bucks ?
Do what i did: get a long skinny banana pepper glass jar, a long threaded 🔩, and some plumbing orings and stab it through the jar. You can make the dividers with a pen tube and viola.
Very well presented as well as informed. This video was explained well & quite clear to understand. Great job!
This was genuinely helpful for everything bearing related thank you very much
Very very good! The steps you talked are very clear!
Thanks for this vid. Clear and easy to follow, I appreciate it
The best Vid on the subject! Ty for your time to put this tutorial together! I just got bones cleaner recently, nice item to add to your online order if you need to reach a certain amount to get free shipping. Otherwise, yeah the brush and open container, or a closed container-shaker is as good.
I'd recommend to not use a plastic container for your acetone. its likely to dissolve it if highly concentrated or in contact for long enough. Also, any alcohol like ethanol or methanol will probably remove oil and grease much more easily. In the lab we often use alcohol, then water, then acetone.
And a little tip is that blowing on it or any other Nitrogen source will speed up the drying of the acetone. Good luck. :)
Can you use ethyl alcohol to remove the oil and grease?
@@hervyvalentino6664 ethyl alcohol is ethanol. According to Frick, yes you can.
What is better between alcohol, ethanol and methanol? I have a ton of methanol in my garage, i can use that right?
What if i use hand sanitiser?
@@NotSandhorst the other cr@p in there could cause issues. Just go to wal mart and get iso alcohol.
This is great! Thanks for giving more details on alternative solutions for cleaning and lubing 🤙🤙
Best method/tutorial out there😍
thanks, I'm just learning how to skate and I wanna learn to take care of my board too. really good video.
Damn the intro tho
this was incredibly helpful thank you!! and fast!!!
havent cleaned my bearings sense 2012 still work perfectly fine, no idea how but im gonna give this a try
Thank you, this video was really helpful 👍
Six months later I finally find a bearings cleaning video that is simple to follow. 👌🏿
Soaking them in windex overnight works wonders. I had to skate home in the rain and my bearings were trashed the next day. I went down to the local shop planning to replace them, but the guy told me to try that first. It made them good as new
Very nice vid, clear and informative : good work! I don't know, but some people have probably already did so. I mean, telling you that metal bearing are easy to open, without breaking them down. And just cleaning it without opening it.... God, maaaan! You leave there a lot of filthy crap!!!
Anyhow! Thanks for sharing!
Best video on the subject
Definitely helpful info! *subscribed*
Thanks for the tutorial. Super helpful!
Hi Mark! Thanks for checking it out.
This was super helpful thank you!!!!
Nice video, keep up the good work!!
Thank you! this video is perfect!
Thank you sooo much for this video
Really helpful man thanks
Great video man!
I've used wd40 to rinse and clean my bearings and then lubed them up with 3 in one oil and it's worked well for me
same except it attracts dirt I've noticed
@@FuckOnUA-cam try using less oil and wipe off any excess after reassembly
You saved me bruh ny wife gave me this board and I was devastated when it fell in the Mississippi River and retrieved it and the wheels sounded like death thank you so much
Good tips 5 stars for me Also very satisfying
With Bones reds (what I do is....) take out the dust covers with a pin. Then use the pin to very carefully lift out the clasp holding all of the ball bearings. Push all of the ball bearings together in one spot and they, and the centre, will dop out .
Now all parts can be cleaned more effectively. To put them back together again reverse the process. Put all ball bearings together at the bottom of the outer ring, sit the centre on the top and push the balls apart to lock in place. Space them out to match the clasp and click back in......job done 😊
How many of you knew that you could completely take them apart to clean? 😊
.......Skating since 1987
@@larryjimbob Only because that's what I do when greasing up bike wheels :)
i remember how skaters would just drown their bearings with wd-40 and they wouldn’t believe me that it would dry and wreck them without lubricant
I did that just yesterday lol
I always use wd 40 lol and they never had that problem
@@kxvinn_3950 WD-40 is extremely inadequate for lubing bearings. Once it evaporates it leaves a very thin film of wax that wears away quickly. Using WD-40 WILL cause your bearings to score and die prematurely.
very helpful, thank you!
if there's one thing i've learned from working in maintenance, it's that cleaning a bearing doesnt fix the damage already done to the bearing. I personaly perfer to just swap my bearings out since they arent all that expensive anyways. if you'd really want to clean the bearings you would have to clean them a multiple times to get rid of most filth which to me doesnt seem time efficient. also, if im going to spend money on cleaning utencils i might aswell get new bearings :^)
year old post haha
its more like an investment vs sunken cost thing
buy $10 bearings you wont feel bad after a while buying another set, but when you buy your 11th you realize you couldve bought $100 bearings and a $5 bottle of speed cream still be using them and have $5 left over
Am beginner and it's pretty cool what you did thanks much
I just take my bearings apart and deep clean them. Boom roll just like new 🤩
Damn I’ve been washing them with water and using wd-40 while making them tight with no washer in between I can’t believe it
God bless you! Never give up thanks for the information this helps alor
I can't thank you enough I love fast bearings
I have a small bottle with a tiny little syringe tip (really tiny like 0.05mm hole) for the lubing part. i touch every single ball slightly with it and it gives much better results. you only want the balls to be lubed, anywhere else it might cut the speed down.
You should do a tutorial for a deep clean where you disassemble the bearings
Best video!!
Finally probably I've learn how to clean my bearings..
This video is great dude I'm broke asf rn and my bearings are super dirty rn
bro that was so weird to see my local park in Eugene Oregon just randomly pop up in a bearing cleaning tutorial, sick shredding
2 qestions can any rubbing alcohol work and 2nd qestion if I have pressed in metal shields should I still put lubricant on them
Up till this point i've been using orange cleaner and iso alcohol but haven't had the best results. Is the mineral spirits best WITH the iso or alternatively?
Thanks mate
Thanks bud! ;)
Thanks!
i just bought bones speed cream but it didn’t come with the rubber cap to squeeze single drops, what gives ???
Very helpful video thank you very much brother. I don't suppose knife oil is a good idea for lube is it?
Thanks guys...
I can’t find the bones bearings cleaning kit that you used only got the speed cream any help on where I could find that? I went to a few skate shops and even zumiez they couldn’t help me with that
Walmart super tech red lithium grease is what I use afterwards. It keeps grit out better.
For all the longboarders, get S9 blaze bearing and replace their outer shield with a rubber shield and use marine grease instead, it’ll better protect your bearings during wet slide sessions
Does the bearings still spin well with marine grease?
If any of y'all have 2 of these things props😹💯
I just did the rubbing alcohol one and it worked just fine. If you don't have any you can just buy it at a local store it's like i think $10 for a big bottle.
im set
Hey, my bearings have pressed metal caps, how do i lubricate them?
What lubricant should I use?
How about the plastic piece that depresses all the balls evenly with the white grease on it ? Do you clean that too and apply new grease or is using the bones lubricant fine? Thanks !!
I took the plastic thing off inside the bearing. Along with the bearing shield, am I screwed?
what can you use to clean the bearing sheilds?
can i use ethanol to clean bearing?
I've been using goo gone since I was 12 And not only do they clean your bearings but they also keep them greased up but don't collect dirt.
How to clean the hardware and the shield plate? thanks!
Thanks 👍
Been using WD-40 my whole life, and it's been working perfectly fine for me
Is the first cleaning agent instead of bones cleaning solution or in conjunction with?
I could be wrong, but I think the "Bones Speed Cream" actually made my bearings slower? I've had the Lube sitting in my jeep for several months, so I dunno if it goes bad, but it was really disappointing. Anyone know why that might be?
It's completely normal for the bearings to spin slightly slower after adding lubricant, but the lube is protecting the ball bearings and the races from wearing out and getting overheated from friction. Did you put the lube into the bearings when they were super gunky? Sometimes the lube combines with dirt and makes some greasy sludge that can slow the bearing down a bit. (Still better than a gunky bearing without lube!) Also adding too much lube can gum up the bearing for a little bit until some of the excess runs out, but just keep riding them and they'll be chillin' in no time. Cheers! - Tim
How do I wash the enclosed one with the metal cap
Nice now all I need is all of that stuff
I'm curious why you load the bearings into the container with the exposed side facing up. Wouldn't you want that side facing down so it's easier for the solvents to flush out while shaking (the same way you smack them onto the paper towel afterwards)?
What is the best skateboard to buy??
Nice...thanks.
I’m good at the shaking part
How often do you recommend doing this? I’ve never thought to clean my longboard
Thanks.
I used regular household orange cleaners to clean my bearings, have done it twice, works great, even deals with rust lol
wtf are orange cleaners
Shshhshahaha just a citrus based cleaner
@@yoa9960 essentially d-limonene
@@ratbitch5125 like dish soap?
Wait in the video he said u have to rinse it if u use a citrus based cleaner but did u do that? Cuz the whole point of this video is that u don’t use water
2:09 you can remove pressed in covers, just won't be able to re-use them probably. but sometimes you can even re-use them?
Why would you put the shield on the outside? Is it there more dirt that can get in from the outside of the wheel
White Lithium Grease is about some of the best lube you can buy for your bearings. Have had a pair of Swiss Adale bearings for 4 years and clean them every so often and lube with them WHITE LITHIUM GREASE and they spin like new each time
Nice! I'll have to try it out. Where's a good spot to procure some White Lithium Grease? 🙌 - Tim
How long do I leave the bearings in the Alcohal for ?
what song is playing?
Is bronson speed Cream the same as the bones ?
Thinner can use or not for clean bearing ??
You should do a vedio on grip tape cleaning
Literally just cleaned my bearings right now but I used a citrus degreaser do next time I will use rubbing alcohol
I noticed you didn’t put wheel spacers between the bearings ? They aren’t necessary then? Your wheel will still spin the same?