As long as nothing is bent or totally seized you can get away with clean and grease, but a new one is pretty cheap, if you’re going through the trouble of taking it all apart
Barkinsons on
As long as you don’t see any uneven or excessive wear on the bearing it’s fine.
markoh3232 on
But when you take the rust off, it’ll be smaller, barely fractionally but I reckon it’ll be enough for a slight wobble, and then continued use.
Short journeys ok, repeated use, change it.
Active_Ad_5322 on
Yep. Clean it. Grease it.
Minor pitting is nothing at all to this BB.
It’s adjustable, so it there it play, adjust accordingly.
Bearing are cheap, you don’t need a bearing cage, all it does is make it simpler to service, so loose ball will do the trick.
SBRH33 on
Soak everything is a bucket of Evaporust from Harbor Frieght for 24 hours.
Rinse the bearing out with a a couple washes of
Mineral Spirits. Blow them out with compressed air.
Then relubricate with Phil Wood products.
Mark700c on
Clean, INSPECT, and grease. If there’s pitting in the spindle, cups, or balls, it won’t heal itself. It’s up to you whether to roll on rough bearings or not.
dodmeatbox on
Yeah assuming the rest is in similar condition that’s got thousands of miles of life left in it with proper maintenance going forward.
Hussein_Jane on
Yeah. Just rehydrate the old grease with new grease. No issue there.
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As long as nothing is bent or totally seized you can get away with clean and grease, but a new one is pretty cheap, if you’re going through the trouble of taking it all apart
As long as you don’t see any uneven or excessive wear on the bearing it’s fine.
But when you take the rust off, it’ll be smaller, barely fractionally but I reckon it’ll be enough for a slight wobble, and then continued use.
Short journeys ok, repeated use, change it.
Yep. Clean it. Grease it.
Minor pitting is nothing at all to this BB.
It’s adjustable, so it there it play, adjust accordingly.
Bearing are cheap, you don’t need a bearing cage, all it does is make it simpler to service, so loose ball will do the trick.
Soak everything is a bucket of Evaporust from Harbor Frieght for 24 hours.
Rinse the bearing out with a a couple washes of
Mineral Spirits. Blow them out with compressed air.
Then relubricate with Phil Wood products.
Clean, INSPECT, and grease. If there’s pitting in the spindle, cups, or balls, it won’t heal itself. It’s up to you whether to roll on rough bearings or not.
Yeah assuming the rest is in similar condition that’s got thousands of miles of life left in it with proper maintenance going forward.
Yeah. Just rehydrate the old grease with new grease. No issue there.