I stripped out my front wheel bearings today to regrease them on a Bontrager Nebular wheel. These hubs hadn't been touched since the bike was new. It looked like there was a bearing missing on both sides of the wheel. When I did the rear wheel a few weeks ago it had a full complement of bearings so it seems strange to not be the same on the front. Never having come across this before, and before I buy a new set of balls, could there be a reason for leaving a gap in the bearings. I have done nearly 3000 miles on the wheel without bother but now I have seen it it is niggling me.
Bontrager hub bearings
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accountantpete
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The rather general rule for bearings is full race minus 1. This prevents the ball bearings seizing or getting seated in one place and wearing the race out I think!
simmi
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is 3000 miles the right interval, was thinking of doing mine after 1000?
No idea. I generally do mine annually. I chose now as I have been through an awful lot of water the last few weeks so wanted to make sure they weren't waterlogged. They weren't!
