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Onto third front wheel bearing set for Ice Sprint

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Jayjay:
I hadn't realised until after the first winter that the front bearings were shielded, not sealed, hence needed generous grease protection for the outers. 2800 miles and squeaked, some rust on them. Sealed bearings, and some regular grease under the axle head (drum brakes, non QR) give many thousands more miles service than that.

Nightmare-1:
I added more grease to new bearings and have had no problems since fitting them in 2016.
In fact when I bought another ICE trike last year the first thing I noticed was the front bearings sounded/felt rougher than my old Qnt, despite being told that they had been replaced two months prior to my purchase of the Vortex.
 I removed the bearings.Upon inspection the inboard ones were rusty :o on both wheels (disc brake) and none had any grease in them! ???
I bought new bearings from ICE and greased them before fitting. Now silky smooth. 8)
P.S.
Apply a thin coating of grease to the axle bolts to prevent them from corroding/seizing.

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