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How to Insert and Remove Skateboard Bearings By Hand

Skate Warehouse4 skaters recommend it · 4 mentions, 2024 to 2026
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114K views · 12 years ago · Tutorial · Beginner

Skate Warehouse's Adam Ottenberg shows how to remove and insert skateboard bearings without a bearing press, using a skate tool or trucks. He swaps old shop bearings for Bones Ceramics.

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Go-to link when newer skaters ask how to get stuck bearings out or put new ones in with no special tools. Commenters say it is the method everyone uses.

“Everyone I've ever met just uses this method”

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What skaters said on Reddit

u/Spawny72026 · 11 points

If you could incorporate it into a regular skate tool I could see some value but I don't think most people will buy a tool specifically for removing bearings. Everyone I've ever met just uses this method [VIDEO]

u/Henshinmatt2024 · 2 points

Try this video - you should be able to do it with your trucks and not damage things [VIDEO]

u/Drewski4932025 · 1 points

Then you need new bearings. Going to a skatepark won’t fix that. They are pretty easy to swap out. I use these [LINK] and this [VIDEO] is how to put them in. I don’t think going to a skatepark will let you roll more than a few feet. Also if you pick up the board and spin the wheel with your had does stop in a few seconds or does it spin easily and for a while or is there resistance?

u/Accomplished_Tip50562024 · 1 points

Here's a video I found on youtube, but sometimes you gotta really take time to wiggle em out. Patience is key!YouTube [VIDEO]

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