Longboard/Skateboard Bearings Maintenance/Installation

Tutorial on how to clean, lubricate, and install bearings.
This should be done at least 1-2 times a month, depending on how fast the bearings get dirty.
Not cleaning dirty bearings results in damage to the bearings (and rider, if the bearings seize up/break mid-ride)
Regularly cleaning bearings will give you a more comfortable ride, and it will make the bearings last a very long time.
Only use lubricant that is designed for use on skateboard bearings.
DO NOT USE WD40!!! EVER!!!
Do not lubricate until after you clean the bearings (doing so will just mix the lubricant with the dirt inside the bearings)
I use Bones Speed Cream ($8) and 99% isopropyl alcohol ($4)

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Tags:

• longboarding
• longboard
• skateboarding
• skateboard
• bearings
• wheels
• loaded
• pintail
• retro zig zags
• bones
• super swiss 6
• cleaning
• lubricating
• rubber
• shields
• installing
• michael ronco-hornby

[wavecreatures]

"put it back on and prey it off" a sure way to remove your truck threds....resulting in a 40mph+ skin scraping slide session!....use a screwdriver not your trucks!!

[MichaelRoncoHornby]

@wavecreatures Thanks for the comment, but take a physics class in high school before commenting on my videos. It wont strip the threads because the bearing doesn't move at all while prying it out.

p.s. also, take an English class while you're there, learn some grammar and sentence structure

[309503167]

sick sh*t man, thanks

[MichaelRoncoHornby]

@309503167 no problemo

[wavecreatures]

@MichaelRoncoHornby Sorry but there is no need to insult me....over a period of time the camber/chamfered edge of the bearing is going to wear the thread out. Besides I'm an engineer. I was just making a polite suggestion, maybe a screwdriver is a better option than your truck. I really don't think there is any need to be condescending. Best Regards Phil Steadman

[bigcookies999]

where can i get some of those speedrings?

[guitarscovers]

Could i use white spirit instead of 99% isopropyl alcohol

[Takashi8520]

@MichaelRoncoHornby when hitting the bearing against the bottom of the bowl do you hit the side with the balls showing towards the bottom or hit the otheer side facing towards the bottom

[asmooth305]

is it possible to pop long board trucks on a regular skateboard ?

[mexicanotaku1]

@Sjanetsky1 thanks for the info :D

[cameron2cool]

do you NEED to pop the sheilds?



[Sjanetsky1]

What loaded board? And were those swiss 6's

[Sjanetsky1]

@ExtremeHerps do not ever use wd 40 cuz it .... Well idk but it will slow your bearings down and will ruin them

[ExtremeHerps]

Could you use WD-40 instead of the lubricant?

[elpiede4dedos]

great video, thanks! will give my wheels a new life :)

[ClassicGamerPR]

@MichaelRoncoHornby Dam nices review. Thanks for the info.

[MacDaddyPwns]

At 7:40 thanks for mentioned the spacers man. no one else does lol didn't know what to do with em

[EMOjackf]

Hey nice vid, and i've got the "sector 9 black ball ceramic" bearings but they've basicly stopped spinning, will bones speed cream fix them or do i have to get a new set? thanks

[enzie1991]

@wavecreatures -claps-

[emishrael]

Thank god for this video. i have gone through about 6 sets of bearings from any combination of the following:

1. Soaking them in soap/water/laundry detergent completely rusting them

2. leaving them in the bowl for 3 or so days

3. soaking the bearing in lube

4. prying off the back of the bearing and bending it on its way back in

Thanks man, savin me money

[MrLooklooklook]

@myfishhasnosoul make a bonfire lol jokes

[StudentOfLove1]

hey man I don't have lube for my bearings a big problem or chillen like a villan? (great tutorial btw) much love brother

[myfishhasnosoul]

dude totes just bought my first board, got rush apec 5 bearings but the wheels are kinda loose, so i tightened them up but it stopped the wheels spinning freely what do i do?!?!

[roger201288]

Oh sorry dude my bad =l I shouldve watch the rest of your vid, you do exactly what I do =P

[roger201288]

They wont clean themselfs dude. You have to get some plyers or w.e. Theyre called and taped the dirt out of them and keep doing it to all of them till no dirt comes out after tapping it againts the bowl...

[thepissedoffmexican]

Are those bearing bone Swiss or rush

[baquian1]

I was disassembling everything off my board and when I went to grab one if my bearings I had taken off, it basically fell apart and all seven ball bearings fell of from out if it... Please help!!