Originally Posted by
wschruba
Define "play". All (non-angular contact) cartridge bearings have a small amount of runout, easily felt as play in an axle assembly that isn't installed in a bike. Once the QR/whatnot is tightened down properly, there should be barely any movement (none that would matter, anyway).
Also, don't take this as a critique of you, but how did you install the bearings? They are quite easy to damage, especially if you press on the inner race (or the outer, if it's being pressed onto an axle).
As for the grease: that's just the nature of small bearings. When they are new (or newly packed with grease), they are 'stiff', in a manner of speaking. Once the balls have plowed a path, internal resistance drops significantly. I've had no complaints with the basic bearings that Enduro offers, and typically go 6-12 months between repacking the grease. You can, of course, use whatever you want when it comes time.
Originally Posted by
wschruba
At least one person is being productive.
Thanks for the info regards the difference between the shields. I've never bought Enduro bearings before, so didn't know what to expect. I actually ordered R6 LLB but the seals say SRS. Also, the amount of grease that was in there was ridiculous. The whole packaging was shoddy and there was grease all in the packaging, too. I've never bought bearings like that before and just thought them to be a bit shoddy looking.
The reason I mentioned play is that the OEM bearings that I took out of the hub in order to replace them just didn't have much play at all compared to these Enduro ones, and they've been in the bike for a good few years. I have repacked the grease a few times in them but they started to grind a little, so opted to buy replacements.
I use a bearing press to install bearings.