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Why are bearings so expensive?? (all balls)

Use good grease in the all balls stuff and you should get some good life, also remove the seal from the wheel bearings and replace the factory grease with good grease and then replace the seal in the bearing.
 
Allballs is what i have in my swingarm sofar theyre fine strip it down every 10 or so rides every two if its through river,
Putoline race grease or marine grease.
Is your mix is moly/graphite based as that works very well too.
 
All balls uses cheap Chinese bearings. The last (and only) all balls kit I bought was so far out of spec, it was unusable. I called them, and told them what I found, and they sent me new parts (that looked like OEM) but I wouldn't buy them again. Service your linkage bearings twice a year and they'll last a long time. It's worth the hour or so that it takes to clean and grease them.
 
sned2502st said:
I have had bad luck with AllBalls. Pivot works seems to be a little better quality.
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I might be wrong but believe these are the same kits. the Moose kits are also relabeled AllBalls I think.

I use some AllBalls stuff with luck. I do replace all the grease in them with good waterproof grease. Also started doing the Tinken trick of mixing Maxilube with bearing grease, we will see if that makes any difference. We in the NW ride in deep slop and water a lot. I have tried uber expensive bearing and cheap eBay pack of bearings. The good bearings do last somewhat longer but I can by 3 sets of allballs for the same price. Its a tough decision as the slop here tends to destroy everything so cheap replacement bearings can be good if regreased as they are only going to last a while in my bike / conditions anyway.
 
Motosportz said:
I might be wrong but believe these are the same kits. the Moose kits are also relabeled AllBalls I think.

I use some AllBalls stuff with luck. I do replace all the grease in them with good waterproof grease. Also started doing the Tinken trick of mixing Maxilube with bearing grease, we will see if that makes any difference. We in the NW ride in deep slop and water a lot. I have tried uber expensive bearing and cheap eBay pack of bearings. The good bearings do last somewhat longer but I can by 3 sets of allballs for the same price. Its a tough decision as the slop here tends to destroy everything so cheap replacement bearings can be good if regreased as they are only going to last a while in my bike / conditions anyway.
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I'll just add to this by saying that I treat my bikes a ~little easier now also ... Meaning, there was a time I'd pull the front wheel up and over any hole (at high speed) and let the rear end take all the abuse ... I try not to abuse the rear end so much on my bike and I think it has help to some degree on longevity of the bearings back there.
 
If your trying to justify buying anything take a look at what you get fir the dollar.
Then ask yourself if YOU could make and sell them at that cost.
 
I called up a local bearing shop once for some slightly worn bearing's on my mtb rear suspension. I ordered 6 bearings.

Was thinking about it after, and I didn't ask the price. So I called back a couple hours later, $210.00 :eek:. That was more than the frame was worth.

Me- I'm sorry but I'll have to cancel
Him- Oh, come on!!
Me- If I knew they were that much I wouldn't have placed the order. I can't justify that price, again I'm sorry.
Him- Well you'll be lucky if they haven't loaded the truck yet.

More like they'll be lucky if I ever use their bussiness again. Chinese or not. For the price you can't beat all-balls or similiar outfits. I re-grease all my bearings at least twice a year and they hold up for quite a while.

As an example I needed a lower shock bearing. $35. Or I can get an all balls complete linkage kit for $90.
 
All balls are in the bike...buttt....bottom race wont go all the way in....I have a bearing race tool with the different adapters and cant clamp it hard enough to go anymore....will it settle on its own? Or am I boned?
 
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