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Old 03-22-11 | 06:44 AM
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Bikes: 1954 Raleigh Sports 1974 Raleigh Competition 1969 Raleigh Twenty 1964 Raleigh LTD-3

Does anyone know if these bearings are the same as the 7 x 1/4 bearings in the S/A AW hub?

If so, they are a decent price -especially if you buy two or more 10-packs as the shipping price doesn't go up from Niagara through Amazon on this particular product as you increase the number it seems.

I got a bit rammy with pulling off the bearing retainer on one of the wheels I was working on yesterday and tweaked the retainer and bent it and it is dragging now. I attempted to put in loose balls and I think I got too many in there. Looked like there was almost enough room to add one more ball but not quite. I didn't take one out and probably should have. Worked fine at first but after a few miles it now has a bearing squeak in first gear. Probably because of too many bearings in the driver.

It was a general pain in the tuchus trying to glue the 1/4" loose balls into the driver with grease and not let them drop into the hub. When I pull it apart I think I should just put the correct 7 x 1/4" retainer in. I wonder if my LBS has them on stock. If I have to order them I might as well order them myself as it is faster.
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