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HOW TO CLEAN YOUR BEARINGS THE EASIEST WAY TUTORIAL!

Braille Skateboarding16 skaters recommend it · 17 mentions, 2014 to 2024
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2.6M views · 13 years ago · Tutorial · Beginner

Braille Skateboarding tutorial from 2013 on cleaning skateboard bearings at home. Covers a simple method to get slow, gritty bearings spinning freely again.

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Gets linked in r/NewSkaters whenever someone asks how to clean slow or gritty bearings, or how to maintain a first board.

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“If you think your bearings are terrible then you have 2 options: - Get new bearings (Preferably Bones Reds, [LINK] they are very priceworthy). - Clean your bearings, here is a good tutorial [VIDEO].”

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u/cblood862014 · 7 points

Not the best formatting (I'm on mobile) but is a great video. HOW TO CLEAN YOUR BEARINGS THE EASIEST WAY TUTORI…: [VIDEO]

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u/HeavyEar02021 · 4 points

[VIDEO] [VIDEO] Here's a couple of tutorials. Cleanin them up a little bit should help I'm not sure what the weather is like for the terrain but if you got some sand or something in them they wont spin as well. If it's a brand new complete and this has been an issue since you had it they might just be a smidge too tight you can just loosen it a hair and see if that helps

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u/ixAp0c2014 · 3 points

Cleaning Bearings: [VIDEO] Tightening and loosening trucks is pretty basic, you can always put in some Bones bushings (they make your truck perform a lot better, factory bushings are meh), harder for riding tight and softer ones for riding loose, while medium is good for medium tightness obviously. Besides cleaning bearings and tightening trucks, and swapping parts when you need to, you don't really need to maintain

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u/Vubor2019 · 3 points

Get 90% alcohol ( not that one, that you can drink!) put bearings in it, best is a bottle or something like that. Give it a gently shake, let them stay there for a bit, pull them out let the bearings dry, LUBE them with speedcream or sewing machine oil (both can work, but speedcream is probably the best!). Then put them back into your wheels and keep rolling. ​ [VIDEO] will also do the trick.

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u/AllThotsAllowed2020 · 3 points

It doesn’t at all lol, I had no idea until I looked it up on yt. Braille [VIDEO] has a great video on them and this wikihow article [LINK] was also mad helpful for me. You shouldn’t have to worry about them often, but I prefer to clean them when I notice them getting grimy

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u/hereforaday2020 · 2 points

Try spinning the wheels as hard as you can with your hand and see how long they can spin. If they keep spinning for 3-4 seconds or more, your bearings are just fine. For cleaning grip tape, you can use grip gum (can usually find at a skate supply store) or a softer wire brush (not like for cleaning grills, if you go too rough it will take the tape off). I followed the Braille Skateboarding video [VIDEO] on how to cle

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u/youngPepi2017 · 2 points

No. If you think your bearings are terrible then you have 2 options: - Get new bearings (Preferably Bones Reds, [LINK] they are very priceworthy). - Clean your bearings, here is a good tutorial [VIDEO].

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u/dgd83072020 · 2 points

I dont think its hard, you just need some tools and something to take your bearings out and something to clean them with heres a video to help [VIDEO] heres a video on how to clean bearings [VIDEO]

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