Tutorial - How to fit / change wheel bearings (cartridge bearings)

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hippy

Without having one handy to measure - has anyone tried to use a Park Tool BB bearing press to pressfit new freehub bearings? Is the threaded axle on the BB press too big for a DT Swiss freehub body?

I want to swap my DT Swiss 350 freehub bearings but don't want to spend another £50+ on a smaller bearing press.

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user69121 in reply to @hippy

Shimano QR skewers generate a decent pressing force and should work. Hope XC bearings done.

Fiddly with the small diameter compared to the inner race, but several wraps of tape wrapped around the skewer really helps centralise it. It takes a while due to the small movement each throw of the lever

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hippy in reply to @user69121

Ah, fuck, I'm an idiot! I've used skewers before to do bearings on my Powertap wheels!

I didn't even think about leaving the freehub attached to the wheel but since it's only the outer bearing that needs doing so far as I can tell so that would totally work.

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