Can you use WD40 on scooter wheels?
All Scooter Bearings when new are lubricated with the manufactures lubricants , this does not last a long time . All Bearings require lubrication . ( Do not use WD40 to lubricate Bearings .
Can I change the wheels on my scooter?
Align your new wheel with the screw holes in the scooter. Use your allen wrench to align the hole in the middle of the wheel with the openings in the sides of the scooter. Make sure your new wheel is the same size and shape of your old wheel. Your new wheel should also match your scooter’s back wheel.
How do you remove a bearing from a scooter?
Use a mallet or hammer to hit the handle end of the T-handle. Start gently and tap it increasingly more firm. This will drive the spacer into the bearing pushing it out the other side of the wheel. Once you hear the bearing pop out, set the removed bearing and spacer aside and flip the wheel over placing it in the same position as you just had it.
How do you remove a wheel from a skateboard?
Removing Skateboard Wheel Bearings Unscrew the nut that holds the wheel on the axle. Slide the wheel to the end of the axle. Pry the bearing from the wheel. Remove the second bearing from the same wheel.
What can I use to get the bearings out of my Skateboard?
Use a few drops of lubricant from the skate shop, some motor oil, or speed cream used by barbers on electric razors. Most lubricants will work, and you only need a few drops. Don’t use WD40, as this will actually dry out and crack the bearings. Pop the rubber guards back on and put the bearings back in the wheels.
What to do if you have bearings out of your wheels?
If you don’t now, take the opportunity to order some heavy duty bearing spacers from Inward Scootersand install them the next time you have bearings out of your wheels. Or, if you buy Phoenix Pro Scooters wheels, then your wheels come pre-loaded with bearings and spacers!
Remove that bearing, as well as the bearing spacer from the wheel. For the bearing that is still installed in your scooter wheel, you will use the head of an axle bolt and follow the same process of hammering the axle to remove the bearing and then your scooter wheel is ready for new bearing installation. There ya have it kids! It’s that simple.
If you don’t now, take the opportunity to order some heavy duty bearing spacers from Inward Scootersand install them the next time you have bearings out of your wheels. Or, if you buy Phoenix Pro Scooters wheels, then your wheels come pre-loaded with bearings and spacers!
Why are bearings hard to put in scooter wheels?
Scooter wheels are geared with a metal core which make it harder to instal the bearings in the wheel since the metal does not flex at all. Therefore, when you are to instal or remove the bearings in your scooter wheels with metal core, you will be needing some tools.
Do you need bearing spacers in Phoenix pro scooters?
You really should have bearing spacers in your wheels. If you don’t now, take the opportunity to order some heavy duty bearing spacers from Inward Scootersand install them the next time you have bearings out of your wheels. Or, if you buy Phoenix Pro Scooters wheels, then your wheels come pre-loaded with bearings and spacers!