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Onto third front wheel bearing set for Ice Sprint
tonycollinet:
I know they take a beating on cornering load, but a set of bearings is probably only lasting about 4000 miles. Right wheel has a slight wobble/rattle and the left sounds like someone has sprinkled shingle into it.
Good job they're cheap and easy to fit :-)
Tigerbiten:
I'm getting at least double that distance out of my bearings.
I tend to swop them after about 2 years and around 10k miles.
I was only getting around 4k miles out of my Carry Freedom trailer bearings.
But I upgraded them to a set from ICE and now they've done a similar distance to my front wheel bearings no problem.
DTEK HPVS:
Is your trike .....dirty and well used or spotless and cleaned and polished after every ride ?
I will explain why I asked that leading question after you have had a peep at the next questions .
All designed to illustrate or discover any issues .
What axles are you using ?
Quick release
19mm bolt _ allen key
mini allen keys
Do you pressure wash the wheels ?
or Use any Strong cleaners/degreasers
Drum brakes or Discs
Are you using ICE supplied bearings or self supply ( in which case what brand and seal type )
Pleased to help and Nigel "Tiger" appears to be on the right road with his comments .
Regards Kevin D.TEK ;D
tonycollinet:
Um...dirty and well used. My 4000 mile estimate is based on around 2000/year (I don't exclusively ride the trike) and it being 6 years old.
Quick release axle on one side, and spanner/mini screw on the other (damaged the quick release with a hammer after last winter) :-)
First two bearing sets were ICE, I've just fitted a set from ebay mainly due to convenience of ordering rather than price - of supposedly reputable make.
No pressure washing (see point 1 :-) )
Disk brakes
However, I'm not too worried. Swapping the bearings out is easy - time taken this time was getting the RHS axle out (again after a winter of not being removed) I really need to remove and re grease axles on a regular basis to avoid this.
nobby:
I'm told that bearings come in different 'qualities'.
My son in law, who is a principal design engineer and moans often about the archaic engineering of ICE and Brompton, fitted aircraft quality bearings to the front wheels of his Trice.
The wheels freely spin and spin and spin some more.
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