Cleaning ILQ9 Inline Skate Bearings: Pt 2 - Cleaning

Detailed cleaning of ILQ9 Bearings, superior to any ABEC rated bearing. Although this how to video demonstrates the procedure of cleaning sealed ILQ9 bearings, most of the information covered can be used in cleaning any skate bearing. PART TWO of TWO by Lars Hindsley of the Delaware Skate Club

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Howto & Style

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• Inline Skates
• skate cleaning
• Bearing Cleaning
• skaters
• ABEC Bearings
• ILQ Bearings
• How To
• K2 skates
• Lars Hindsley
• Landskaters
• Delaware Skate Club
• Skate maintenance

[macdaddy1600]

what model ILQ9 you have and what is the price thanks

[DangerManXX]

I can't put the full URL here. Goto twincambearing Mine are the ILQ9-PRO for $45

[DangerManXX]

Again... :-) I have ILQ9 PRO's. You can see they have the orange round cover (nylon shield). Watching the video you'll see I discuss this very point. They are $45 a set. The difference between them and the standard ILQ's are two design points. ONE: Classic ILQ's are closed on both sides while Pro's are sealed on one side with the nylon shield/cover. TWO: That shield is designed for quick & easy removal.

[DangerManXX]

I accidently removed the comment asking what the device is in the video. It's a ultrasonic cleaner. You can find them on Ebay cheap. Don't waste your money on a $200 industrial version. A $20 model will get the job done great.

[macdaddy1600]

my bones reds have a groove on both sides of the race does this matter when putting back together

[DangerManXX]

I've heard great things about bones, but I'm partial to Twincam's ILQ bearings. So I'm unfamiliar with the reverse engineering of a set of bones. However what I can say is that in my video, the grove has a specific purpose for the one-sided cover. I made this video as ILQ's are different than ABEC bearings and I felt the ILQ users needed their own video for properly breaking down and cleaning bearings. NOTE: ILQ PRO's are shielded on both sides and the groove issue is absent with that model.

[gmcpants187]

@OriginalDeBest96 no they don't,the difference would lie in the shield types.there are commonly two types a 'rubber' shield and a metal shield most metal shields are supposed to be non serviceable whereas the rubber shields are more easy to remove and replace

[OriginalDeBest96]

Is cleaning a ILQ9 bearings same as cleaning ABEC bearings or do they have different method of cleaning it?Please reply.

[Exoime]

I have FR1 80MM 2011 rollerblades, i have 2 questions is something beter that acetone to clean?is it safe for the bearing? and after the acetone whats the best lubrication that you can put...i do slalom and freestyle..

[supersonic060]

use a hair dryer for drying those.

[tehsilentsoul]

lol, just messed up my bearings

[farmtruk]

awesome video tutorial, and great bearings.

[4ntig3n]

Really nice tutorial, helped me a lot when cleaning out my bearings the first time, even though they are simple lame ABEC5's ;) Im done cleaning them now - so Im gonna go out and buy ILQ's tomorrow to replace them.

Anyway, Thank you.

[Longi452]

@macdaddy1600 no, it doesn't matter. all bones bearings have the option to add another shield.

[m8ku]

I don't take my ILQ9s completely apart to clean them. I remove the red cover from one side a then dump the bearing in a can filled with acetone. Shake-shake-shake and then I take them out one by one and blow them dry with compressed air. At first they don't spin but with a little help the dirt comes off and bearing starts to run. I blow it with air until the bearing is really screaming between my fingers. At that point the bearing is dry and completely clean and ready to be put back together.