I officially wore out my cassette body on my Zipp CSC wheels, and maybe my 404’s. The bearings in the cassette body are shot. They feel like there is sand in them and the thing creaks like crazy when pedaling. A new body is around $100 retail, but new bearings, the 61802’s, are around $10 retail and i probably could get them cheaper at a non-cycling bearing dealer. The cassete body is ok in terms of wear, i have had a SRAM Red casette on it so there are no teeth marks or anything like that.
Has anyone gone this route? Any drama pulling and repalcing the bearings? Any recommendations?
I officially wore out my cassette body on my Zipp CSC wheels, and maybe my 404’s. The bearings in the cassette body are shot. They feel like there is sand in them and the thing creaks like crazy when pedaling. A new body is around $100 retail, but new bearings, the 61802’s, are around $10 retail and i probably could get them cheaper at a non-cycling bearing dealer. The cassete body is ok in terms of wear, i have had a SRAM Red casette on it so there are no teeth marks or anything like that.
Has anyone gone this route? Any drama pulling and repalcing the bearings? Any recommendations?
Thanks
Should be fine. Pulling cartridge bearings is easy. It’s resetting the new ones without damaging them that is the part that requires care. Do you have a bearing setter?
I used a ball peen hammer and a couple of nice punches to change the 4 bearings in my 08 zipp hubs. I think it worked fine, as far as I could tell there was zero difference (other than new feeling bearings) between before and after. It’s not ideal, a press would be better, but it worked.
Don’t load the inner race against the outer race and insert / knock them out sllooooooowwwwly and carefully. Oh and don’t forget the 0.5mm washer between the cassette body and the hub body!
