 hey guys in this video I'm gonna show you how to properly change the bearings from the wheel of your dirt bike so stay tuned but first when should you change the bearings well it's something quite easy to see actually take the front or back wheel for example and try to move your wheel side to side if your bearings are in good shape you won't feel any clearance at all if you feel even the slightest clearance you should change the bearings and it means that they are starting to get busted or they are already busted there's a commonly asked question about this subject which is should I change both bearings or only the one that is busted well you should always change both why well because both bearings are installed at the same time and they suffer this exactly the same amount of loads and in the exact conditions so if one of them is busted the other one will closely follow and be busted as well so you might as well save the hassle while they're at it change both of them and you know that your back wheel or front wheel will be in tip top shape let's start by removing both of the sealants from the bearings but you should always have can use a simple flat screwdriver so why can't you just remove the bearing and that's it you have to make sure that when you remove it the bearing comes out aligned with the axle of the hub what happened when you don't do it well you pretty much bust the whole hub and when you damage the hub there's no way back and you pretty much have to buy the whole hub and so how do you make sure that you remove the bearing in the best possible fashion I'll show you the hard part of this is actually to remove the first bearing because afterwards it's easy to push the second bearing from the inside you have to simply push the bushing to the side as much as you can and it might not be super easy but you can and simply start tapping or hitting on the other bearing imagine that you have the vertical axis and the horizontal axis so after what you have to do to make sure that the bearing comes out as consensual as possible is for example hit it below over left right below over left right always in that pattern and that will make sure that the bearing will come off as aligned as possible with the axis of the hub so you can use just a simple extension from a socket wrench one tap then upwards tap on the side and then change the other side now repeat it until it comes off and it's off so here you have the bushing that was between both bearings and one of the busted bearings with this bearing it will be a lot easier because you have more access to the bearing and it's off never forget to clean everything inside so that the bearings can be installed in a proper place well cleaned up and don't forget as well the bushing it's really important to have everything cleaned up now there's a little detail when you have to install the new bearings on the wheel usually by hand it doesn't go all the way until it sets on the hub so you have to well give some some taps to it for it to get inside as much as it can what you have to have in mind is when you're taking a bearing off the likelihood of the bearing is busted is a lot so when you hit the bearing on the smaller track of the bearing what happens is that there's no problem because the bearing is already busted right but when you're installing the new one you can only hit the bearing on the outside why because if you hit on the inside you'll be damaging the bearing and the balls of the bearing there's a force on the inside going that way and you have a force of the hub pushing the bearing outside and so what happens is that you pretty much damage the balls of the bearing or the bearing itself find a socket a socket wrench from your set that let's see the 27 fits so you can see that it does not fit it doesn't hit completely the outside so let's see bigger one with a 32 you are only gonna be giving the little taps on the outside track of the bearing and that way the inside will be completely intact when you hit it and so you will be installing the bearing with no damage and right before installing the the bearing never forget a lot of grease always it's also a good idea to give the taps in the same way that you use to remove it as much as you can these little busters remove all the old grease and fill the gasket with grease and you're all set to go to finish it up don't forget to clean as well the bushings or the outer bushings of the wheel and afterwards you're all set now you know how to properly change the bearings of the wheel of your dirt bike open helped and if it did please subscribe and leave a comment