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12-02-12 | 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by blackbones

Having a bit of trouble getting cageless bearings to stay in the cups on my prewar schwinn. When I put the threaded race on, everything seems fine but after a few turns I can feel something go wrong. Taking the race back off it appears like the bearings start to stack up on each other... Seems a little impossible but I hand tightened the race pretty tightly, definitely touching the bearings.

Any ideas or tips on putting the bearings in?

10:1 odds you have one too many in there. With the right number of the right balls there's no way they can go off a defined track either to the side or over each other.

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