Working on the front brakes a post or two up I was rotating the wheel by hand and felt it was not spinning as free as I would have expected.
So............Off it comes! I want to get a good look at the brake pads anyway, make sure I have the needed tools in the tail bag to achieve wheel removal on the road or trail and understand the procedure for wheel removal.
Well first thing I find out is I do not have the needed tools for wheel removal. I will need to source an adequate box wrench as the large nut to be removed is aluminum and easily damaged by a spanner.
Got one headed this way, BTW.
Wrench is 27mm x 17mm
Of course the axle and nut have been cleaned and anti-seized!
Front brakes are good enough for now I think. I'm not even going to take them any further apart.
![Shocked :shock:](images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
Yet.
On initial inspection I find the brake side wheel spacer very difficult to spin by hand.
The opposite side spins easy enough and pops out with a couple of taps on a copper pipe drift.
Next comes the brake side, a bit tougher to get out.
With the spacer out I try to spin the bearing and check for smooth spinning.
Nada, bearing is very hard to turn and ROUGH when it does.
Time to go a little further and remove the seal and bearing.
The bearing removal requires more serious business!
![Wink :wink:](images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
The copper pipe drift isn't going to make it, even with the 3lb mallet! I don't actually know if it's three pounds but thought it sounded cool.
Takes a few whacks and a bit of working back and forth.
Viola!
Looking through the box of stuff Troy gave me with the bike I find a full set of bearings and seals
![Very Happy :D](images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
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......................for the rear wheel!
![Surprised :o](images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif)
Darn the luck.
Ordered bearings, seals and new spacers (spacers are the surface the seal rides on) as the spacers have deep enough grooves to defeat the purpose of the seal.
Allballs #25-1402 and #11-1087
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To be continued.......................
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