Joined: Jan 2019
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From: Toledo Ohio
Bikes: 1964 Huffy Sportsman, 1972 Fuji Newest, 1973 Schwinn Super Sport (3), 1982 Trek 412, 1983 Trek 700, 1989 Miyata 1000LT, 1991 Bianchi Boardwalk, plus others
I just encountered this confusion also. I just left the old balls in and flushed and regreased. It did hurt my pride a bit to not replace the bearings, but I will see how it goes and file this info in my leaky memory. Thanks for posting.