Friday, 23 February 2018

Headset bearings if you have a Roux Menthe.

I was on the Simply Bearings website this afternoon and I decided to see what headset bearings Awesom-O has as I've never actually checked them. I dropped the fork and, at first, I couldn't understand why the bearing cartridges wouldn't come out. On closer examination they're not cartridge bearings at all, they're loose balls! The balls ride directly in the cups pressed into the frame, a race then sits on the balls and a wire cir-clip stops this race falling out. I cleaned it all out and re-greased but the bottom bearings are absolutely shot, they look like dark grey, pitted birdshot so I've ordered replacements. They're 5/32" and you will need 56 balls, 28 for each race.

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