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| posted on July 27th, 2005 at 08:40 PM |
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replacing needle bearings in front beam
Is it a good idea to replace the needle bearings in my ball joint front beam with the bugpack urethane ones
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| posted on July 28th, 2005 at 12:32 AM |
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unless they are shagged why bother?
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| posted on July 28th, 2005 at 10:17 AM |
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I just repacked mine with grease. Apparently replacement bearings are a bit difficult to track down, but I'd suspect that needle bearings would be
smoother and work better than urethane.
Jon
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sean68
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| posted on July 28th, 2005 at 06:56 PM |
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yea i was told not to bother putting the urethane ones in if the bearings were ok
just wanted a few other opinions
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