I’m trying to take the sheilds off my Peak Bearing (whichever bearing comes in the Peak). I’ve been going at it with a needle for a good 20 minutes now and I haven’t even come close to etting off.
Anybody have any advice on getting it off?..before I hit it with a hammer
It’s tough the first time you try it. Before you can take the shield off, you need to take the C-clip off. In the following picture, find the side of the C-clip that corresponds to the one with the red arrow. Get the needle under it and pry it out. The C-clip is along the edge of the shield if you didn’t know.
you guys could try lubing them, then sliding it onto a pencil or something and just keep spinning it to work the lube into and onto all of the balls inside, idk, to me it seems like what is happening is the lub gets into the bearing but doesnt actually go anywhere, kinda like putting drops of water on the face of a penny, the surface tension hasnt reached a breaking point to allow the fluid to flow freely. I could be a genius or a village idiot, either way, what can it hurt?
That drawing is just an example. You actually have to look at your particular C-clip to see how it’s oriented because it could be reversed from my drawing.
I’ve seen the clip, it was just like the drawing. I was still trying to go for the hard side though XD
I only put one drop in. I only lube it when the bearing gets responsive and loud. (The same thing happened to my 888x. I put 1 drop of lube in. It’s loud and comes up if I hit the back of my hand).