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07-30-10 | 03:09 PM

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cny-bikeman

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Originally Posted by morganbubba

I was looking online for some new bearing retainers to match the ones in the BB (9 bearings) but all the ones I found measure 1 1/4 inside and 1 7/8 outside. Mine is 1 1/2 inside diameter and 1 3/4 outside.

Any ideas would be very helpful.

Thanks!

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Something in your measurements is not quite right. Both bearing retainers for 1pc use the same size ball bearing, so yours can't measure both smaller inside OD and larger outside OD. In any case if a Schwinn you need a size 64 retainer, otherwise a 66. See http://www.sheldonbrown.com/opc.html

This link has both sizes - 9 and 10 balls. http://kozy.com/product-list/wheels-...rs-t179-qc736/

Last edited by cny-bikeman; 07-30-10 at 03:13 PM.

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