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PostPosted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 1:10 pm 
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You might be thinking about rebuilding one of these for the first time to save money. Plenty of people will say Buy a Hope! Buy a Chris King! Get a whole new BB, it's easier! And you could. But it is easier and cheaper than you might think. You don't need that special collet bearing puller shown in every online video. They come out easily with the right size circular object you may already have, like other old bearings or big sockets. I used a Craftsman 1 3/8" socket for a fixture. Tapped the bearings right out into the socket well. Coincidentally, flipped it over and found the drive end was perfect for seating the new ones, using the old bearing on top for the final seating. I definitely recommend buying the replacement kit from Enduro, because it nicely eliminates the bogus RF plastic seal/shim that breaks so easily, replacing it with smaller ID bearings and a better rubber/metal seal. When you're talking about your crank, you want hard steel, not limp plastic.

http://www.enduroforkseals.com/id182.html

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[quote= When you're talking about your crank, you want hard steel, not limp plastic][/quote]

That's what she said. :lol:

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