How to change bearings on Hope hub?

[chewa]

Is it easy to change the bearings in Hope hubs?. My front one, dating from the mid 90's (I think- I can't remember when I changed from Campag and it has gone through quite a few rim changes) has developed a wee bit of play. It's a Bulb or a Mono I think (need to check)

Any special tools needed?

Ta

 

[ColinJ]

I changed the sealed bearings on my old Hope MTB disk hub. I found a PDF file online somewhere showing how to do it. I bought a pack of bearings on eBay for about £1 a bearing.

I managed to knock the old bearings out by carefully tapping round them with a screwdriver. I knocked the new ones in with an old seat post which happened to be the right diameter!

I stood back in pride, only to discover that I had neglected to install one part so I had to take the new bearings back out and repeat the process!

 

[Smurfy]

Is it easy to change the bearings in Hope hubs?. My front one, dating from the mid 90's (I think- I can't remember when I changed from Campag and it has gone through quite a few rim changes) has developed a wee bit of play. It's a Bulb or a Mono I think (need to check)

Any special tools needed?

Ta

I bought and used some of these
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/hope/tools

Edit:
You need these in the correct size
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/hope-bearing-support-bush-tool-pair/rp-prod8032

And the hub support
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/hope-nylon-wheel-hub-support-bush/rp-prod8031

It will be similar to this

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2WneTMI69A


and this

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbOEc0Jrz9A

 

[chewa]

cheers! That's brill.

 

[Smurfy]

cheers! That's brill.

Exploded diagrams for hubs
http://www.hopetech.com/product-documents/hubs/