Bearings

[notorious#29 0]

I just took the bearings off my outside skates, and the bearings are far overdue for a cleaning (as I have never cleaned them). I dont have any of that bearing wash stuff, but I just wanted to know if there are any alternate ways of cleaning them. Thanks and fast replys are welcome as I have to put the skates back together sometime tonight since I wont have time tomarrow before our street hockey game.

[sdcopp 1]

take the shields off, spray with WD40, spin it off and lube with oil of your choice if any. Replace shields, re-insert and go

[notorious#29 0]

I heard WD-40 wasnt good for bearings, do you mean to spin off the WD-40?

Also what kind of oil should I use?

[sdcopp 1]

yep, spin off the WD-40. WD-40 is not going to harm your bearings, as it is designed to clean and lubricate moving metal parts, automotive carbeurator cleaner works well too. I've always stuck with 3 in 1/Household oil. It's readily available at the Grocery store and usually only cost a few dollars

[notorious#29 0]

Awsome thanks

[sdcopp 1]

Just for future reference, there's a ton of ways to get your bearings clean, and using things like WD-40 and carb cleaner will always be a good, common thing to use. Whatever oil you use should be a very light weight oil, such as the 3 in 1 oil, or the oil used on hair clippers if not a skate specific lube. Things like gasoline, paint thinner and acetone can be used as a cleaner, but will shorten the life of the bearing. These substances will clean anything out of the bearings, but will wear down the materials to accelerated failure.