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Old 07-19-25 | 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by imobilinpedalus
From looking at the video, i have the caged bearing installed the wrong way. Why so much agony to get this simple answer? One too many jerks in here...
once again... you have the freewheel bearings installed poorly, and my experience says that one or more will climb out of position when you screw the ring with spanner holes back onto it... and you should not have disassembled the freewheel in the first place... you should have removed it as an assembly to access the axle bearings.
your opening post did not mention which bearings you were asking about, for the record... which explains why you got info about FREEWHEEL BEARINGS.
as i and others have stated, you can find your answer easily by testing the caged bearing install direction.
the pics show it in the correct orientation, btw.
i didn't watch the vid you mention because i have no need for a vid about something i've done a few thousand times, and figured out on my own 60 or so years ago, at the age of 7.

not being a "jerk" at all, just amazed that you are arguing with Anyone over this simple job.
and you don't need to "hammer" the outer race of the freewheel... there's a Pin Spanner perfectly sized for that task that you should NOT be doing... PS.. you put too much grease in that freewheel... that will cause the pawls to not engage at times due to pawl pocket packing.
and if it's standard axle grease that you used in there, the problem will be even worse, and happen more frequently.
there is special light weight silicone grease that should be used in freewheels.
Good luck.

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