welcome back everyone as I'm sure most you saw in the last video I did some
powder coating on these hubs back here and the next step is gonna be installing
some fresh bearings into them so that's what I'll be knocking out today here are
the bearings that I'll be using they are made by all balls and were provided by
Rocky Mountain atv/mc now I know most you guys already shop through rocky
mountain but if you don't already click the first link down in the description
to check out their website they've got everything you could ever need for your
dirtbike quad UTV or street bike so big thank you to those guys for supporting
the channel before I get started pressing these new bearings into place
let's rewind a few weeks and see how I went about removing those old bearings
to pull out these bearings I'll be using a blind bearing puller set and the nut on
the rear hub this one right here requires the use of the special tool
I'll put the links to where you can find these tools down in the description
before pulling the nut off the rear hub I've got to drill these two peen marks
that are holding nut in place
real quick just gonna pop open these new bearings and make sure I've got
everything required so for the front we've got two bearings and two seals and
for the rear it should be three bearings and two seals three bearings here and
the two seals and just to make pressing in the bearings a little bit easier I'm
gonna leave these bearings in the freezer for a few hours and what this
will do it'll shrink the bearing ever so slightly and allow for a little easier
installation while the bearings are in the freezer I'm gonna size up the hubs
with these sockets and this is what I'll be pressing the bearings in with so I
found some sockets that are pretty close to the diameter of the hole so these
will work out perfect I am gonna begin with a front hub gonna bring it over to
the shop press here I just recently picked up to protect the powder coating
from getting chewed up when I'm pressing these bearings into place I've got this
sheet of foam underneath it and that should do a pretty good job all right so
the shop press I had to go pick one up on this build I'll be pressing in a lot
of bearings so it'll come in handy this one is just a cheap 12 ton Harbor
Freight unit it was like $120 but seem to have pretty good reviews so I figured
I'd take a chance on it but I have yet to use it so I'm pretty excited to see
how it performs and I've actually never used a shop press before either so I'm
gonna go grab those bearings out of the freezer now and press them into place to
make installation go a little bit easier I'm gonna apply some grease to the
inside of the hub here I've got this mini grease gun it's gonna squirt a
little bit of grease inside here and spread it around
it's gonna line things up with the bearing in the hub here get socket on
there make sure everything is straight
all right let's see how this press performs with the foam underneath the
hub I was having issues with getting the bearing to go in straight so I swapped
it out for a block of wood and hoping that works a little better once I
figured out the press a little bit and got this wood block into place the
bearing went in pretty smoothly and you definitely don't want to forget the
spacer that goes in between the bearings it's a bad day when you do that trust me
I've done it before
so this side bearing went in so much easier using the block of wood and just
being more familiar with the press itself just got to pop these seals into
place and the front hub will be done again I'm just gonna apply a little bit
of grease to the lip or the inside the hub and the co will go in a little bit
easier
it is pretty cool to see the hub with the bearings and seals pressed into
place that blocka would seem to do a pretty good job at protecting the powder
coating I don't see any damage at all alright that's it for the front hub onto
the rear hub so the rear hub on this bike actually uses three bearings two on
the sprocket side and one on the rotor side I'm gonna press in the sprocket
side bearings first
one thing I noticed when I was pressing in the bearings on the front hub it's a
little bit easier if you tap the bearings in just a smidge with a hammer
to get it straight before using the press on it looks like I've got the
bearings started and straight it's gonna press it in the rest of the way now
so you definitely don't want to apply any more force once you feel the bearing
seat
got one side done definitely can't forget the spacer and now it's on to the
disk side one thing to keep in mind as you're pressing in the last bearing the
spacer in the middle has to be straight if it's cosh to the side at all
that'll actually hang up the bearing from seeding all the way got the
bearings all pressed in next up is installing the bearing retainer and
seals I'm gonna do that up on the workbench so the bearing retainer is
going to need some Loctite applied to it before threading it in I'll just be
using a blue loctite for this one
it's always a smart move to peen the retaining nut into place I've got a
punch with a similar to a sharp point on it and then a hammer of course so I'm
just gonna place the punch on the edge of the nut where it meets the hub and
then give it a solid whack and just that little pin there will hold the nut into
place and I'm gonna do another peen mark on the opposite side as well last thing
to do here is to install the new seals
all righty guys that'll do it for the bearing installation the bearing kits
had everything I needed and it all worked out great and as far as the shop
press goes pretty happy with how that performed too like I mentioned earlier
you guys have to go check out Rocky Mountain atv/mc first link down in the
description so I've got a little giveaway for you to win the sweet prime
MX hat all you have to do is write down in the comments prime that is PR Y M II
and I go through and pick one your comments and send this hat over to you
and you got to hang in there for the next video it is gonna be epic thanks
for watching everyone