MTB bearing suppliers in Melbourne?

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bgarry

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Santa Cruz have all the details online for the assembly and details of the torque specs - https://www.santacruzbicycles.com/en-AU/node/453
DIYMTB sell Enduro bearings in kits for specific frames which works out quite a bit cheaper than buying them individually, they are also very good to deal with - https://www.diymtb.com.au/displayItems.asp?cid=101

Surprising when I had the bearing replaced on my Norco Range there were not a lot of bike shops that had bearing removal and press kits. Jeremy @ Chainbrain in Dromana has all the tools and may even have the bearings in stock.

Brendan




Nautonier said:
Thanks for the suggestions, I'll try the SC dealer where I purchased another frame new last year (although not a SC) and failing that hit up DIYMTB. I'm not the original owner of the frame.

Can anyone remember the torque spec for SC pivot bearings? I had a Youtube video showing the entire process, but I can't find it. From memory it was something like 2nm on the inner (load bearing) and 6nm on the outer bolts.

At the moment when I do them up to ~1nm they're super crunchy. Anything less than that to get them smooth there's heaps of play.
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Knuckles

Knuckles

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Ideate said:
M8.. fridget spinners go for $8 NEW ($2/bearing!) and I confiscate them for FREE :spy:
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Fucking fidget spinners, kids are nagging me now for one. Back in my day we just used the fidget toy nature gave us.

*the views expressed above do not necessarily reflect those of a sane well adjusted human.
 
Nautonier

Nautonier

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Ideate said:
M8.. fridget spinners go for $8 NEW ($2/bearing!) and I confiscate them for FREE :spy:
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Ah, finally I get it. The chances of the bearings having useful dimensions for other applications is a bit needle-in-haystack, but not impossible. They actually look similar to SC bearings.

By the way, what are the 3 other bearings on the fidgets used for? I've only ever seen people use the centre one to spin them.

So you're a school teacher?
 
Nautonier

Nautonier

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bgarry said:
Santa Cruz have all the details online for the assembly and details of the torque specs - https://www.santacruzbicycles.com/en-AU/node/453
DIYMTB sell Enduro bearings in kits for specific frames which works out quite a bit cheaper than buying them individually, they are also very good to deal with - https://www.diymtb.com.au/displayItems.asp?cid=101

Surprising when I had the bearing replaced on my Norco Range there were not a lot of bike shops that had bearing removal and press kits. Jeremy @ Chainbrain in Dromana has all the tools and may even have the bearings in stock.

Brendan
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DIYMTB are the business. That's where I'll be buying all of my bearings in the future. I've also got a Norco Range and soon it will need some of the bearings replaced. I'm looking forward to my $60 kit arriving and being able to do this kind of job at home. I'm not too bothered about the pressing, that's much easier to do with home-made tools. Threaded rods and nuts/washers/sockets work well.
 
slider_phil

slider_phil

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I went through this with my Intense just recently. The manual specifies 7902 bearings for the vpp lower link. Online was something ridiculous like 12 bucks a bearing. Local shop, 3 bucks trade for nsk's.

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The Dude

The Dude

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Where?

slider_phil said:
I went through this with my Intense just recently. The manual specifies 7902 bearings for the vpp lower link. Online was something ridiculous like 12 bucks a bearing. Local shop, 3 bucks trade for nsk's.

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Where did you end up getting them? That is a killer price! Especially for top quality 7000-series bearings
 
slider_phil

slider_phil

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Like I said, the local bearing shop here in town. Was surprised they had them being a smaller farming town. The boxes where pretty dusty so I'm going to assume they've had them lying around for a while and wanted to get rid of them. We do tons of business through them so that probably helps

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link1896

link1896

Mr Greenfield
slider_phil said:
Like I said, the local bearing shop here in town. Was surprised they had them being a smaller farming town. The boxes where pretty dusty so I'm going to assume they've had them lying around for a while and wanted to get rid of them. We do tons of business through them so that probably helps

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There's a nice little ebay flip for you then if they have any more left. Genuine NSK 7902 is worth ~110 AUD each on eBay
 
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