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Easy Way to Put Skate Bearings Back Together

Jam Skate Addiction3 skaters recommend it · 3 mentions, 2021 to 2026
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86K views · 15 years ago · Tutorial · Beginner

Short how-to on putting a skate bearing back together after taking it apart: balls, retainer, race and shield. Made by Jam Skate Addiction in 2011, a quad skate channel, but it applies to skateboard bearings.

Why skaters like it

Gets linked in r/NewSkaters when someone's bearings come apart or a wheel spins slow. Commenters say reassembly is far easier than it looks.

“… This video here shows how to do it and how surprisingly easy it is compared to how one imagines it is.”

u/Ethrieltd · Full comment

What skaters said on Reddit

u/Ethrieltd2021 · 2 points

Well, at the time it would have been. I've done it a few times now and I can honestly do it in under 30secs. [VIDEO] ​ This video here shows how to do it and how surprisingly easy it is compared to how one imagines it is.

u/systemhendrix2026 · 1 points

Do this on a hard surface with a towel over it. How to assemble a bearing. [VIDEO]

u/OgChigga2022 · 1 points

how to put bearings back together [VIDEO]

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