I would just put locknuts on there and be done with it. Just my $0.02 Research is so much fun aye? :-) Love stuff like this. Hope you are doing well! :-)
You don't need new bearings, your bearings are binding when you tighten them down. If the inner spacer isn't right nothing will improve. You might try driving the outer bearing races inwards so the inner races aren't binding. If that doesn't work then you need a wider inner spacer.
I'm confused what that means... so I should reseat the bearings into the wheel and get them further in? I was pretty close to taking the wheel out and checking if they were jammed in at an angle or something.
@@rosiemoto3052 Yes. Unless there's a lip inside the wheel keeping the bearings from going in further. If the inner race and outer race aren't in alignment the ball bearings will be mashed against the raceways creating more friction.
Okay so I did a little hammering on the inner spinny part of the bearings and one bearing is now flat with the rest of itself. The other bearing the inside spinny part still sticks out a little bit... which I'm thinking is the problem you're talking about, right? It made a decent difference; when I tighten everything up, it spins noticeably better than originally, but still has that resistant probably from that one that isn't flat with itself I guess. I never took them out of the wheel, I just hammered at the inside part in further from where it already was. There's a spacer(?) in there that flops around and not sure how to get the bearings out other than hammering something at that spacer to pop the bearing out
@@rosiemoto3052 You might want to watch some video's on bearings. The spinny part is the inner race. Your bearings run on two "race" tracks. If the two tracks are misaligned the bearings grind. They're slapping these together in china so they don't care about alignment... Hammering on the inner race will do little to move the outer race which is what's out of line. When you push on the inner race the outer race will "lag behind" do to lose tolerances. Meaning the outer race will stop moving in before the inner race stops moving in. You can use a stack of large washers *the size of your bearings* and a threaded rod w/nuts (or the axle) to squeeze the bearings together. You're wanting to pull the outer races closer together so the inner races are tight against the spacer for the inner races. Again, hammering the inner race will only cause the inner race to bottom out before the outer race reaches position. That's the reason the spacer is lose. The inner race returns to center with the outer race which still isn't where it needs to be. -.-
Nope, it's a regular kick scooter but with air tires. It does look like electric though. I had somebody ask me that the other day. I saw somebody else with the same scooter and I thought the same thing about hers too until I realized it's the same one as mine lol
Nope it has regular nuts, one on each side that turn opposite ways. I just thought to check to see if it's loosened up any since I last set it, and it's still right where I put it... so maybe it'll be fine. Also I noticed if I loosen them to the point of almost undoing them, they start turning together, so I don't think they can come off by themselves, maybe they designed it that way for safety. Makes me feel better about it
I hope whatever the problem is you're able to fix it!
I would just put locknuts on there and be done with it. Just my $0.02 Research is so much fun aye? :-) Love stuff like this. Hope you are doing well! :-)
You don't need new bearings, your bearings are binding when you tighten them down. If the inner spacer isn't right nothing will improve. You might try driving the outer bearing races inwards so the inner races aren't binding. If that doesn't work then you need a wider inner spacer.
I'm confused what that means... so I should reseat the bearings into the wheel and get them further in? I was pretty close to taking the wheel out and checking if they were jammed in at an angle or something.
@@rosiemoto3052
Yes. Unless there's a lip inside the wheel keeping the bearings from going in further. If the inner race and outer race aren't in alignment the ball bearings will be mashed against the raceways creating more friction.
Okay so I did a little hammering on the inner spinny part of the bearings and one bearing is now flat with the rest of itself. The other bearing the inside spinny part still sticks out a little bit... which I'm thinking is the problem you're talking about, right?
It made a decent difference; when I tighten everything up, it spins noticeably better than originally, but still has that resistant probably from that one that isn't flat with itself I guess.
I never took them out of the wheel, I just hammered at the inside part in further from where it already was. There's a spacer(?) in there that flops around and not sure how to get the bearings out other than hammering something at that spacer to pop the bearing out
@@rosiemoto3052
You might want to watch some video's on bearings. The spinny part is the inner race. Your bearings run on two "race" tracks. If the two tracks are misaligned the bearings grind. They're slapping these together in china so they don't care about alignment...
Hammering on the inner race will do little to move the outer race which is what's out of line. When you push on the inner race the outer race will "lag behind" do to lose tolerances. Meaning the outer race will stop moving in before the inner race stops moving in.
You can use a stack of large washers *the size of your bearings* and a threaded rod w/nuts (or the axle) to squeeze the bearings together. You're wanting to pull the outer races closer together so the inner races are tight against the spacer for the inner races. Again, hammering the inner race will only cause the inner race to bottom out before the outer race reaches position. That's the reason the spacer is lose. The inner race returns to center with the outer race which still isn't where it needs to be.
-.-
Is that electronic bike?
Ridesafe always
Nope, it's a regular kick scooter but with air tires. It does look like electric though. I had somebody ask me that the other day. I saw somebody else with the same scooter and I thought the same thing about hers too until I realized it's the same one as mine lol
Is it not a nylon lock nut ?
Nope it has regular nuts, one on each side that turn opposite ways. I just thought to check to see if it's loosened up any since I last set it, and it's still right where I put it... so maybe it'll be fine. Also I noticed if I loosen them to the point of almost undoing them, they start turning together, so I don't think they can come off by themselves, maybe they designed it that way for safety. Makes me feel better about it
@@rosiemoto3052
Don't bet on it. Get a nylon lock nut kit at harbor freight or blue loctite...