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northwind · 22-05-05, 09:34 PM

I just spent a relaxing 20 minutes mullering the old bearings out of my spare rear wheel today, and I got to wondering what the spacer in the wheel actually does, apart from making it hard to knock the bearings out... It's not weight bearing, it's not tightly fitted, it doesn't rotate with the wheel... But it must do something, right?

22-05-05, 09:34 PM	#1
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	What are the spacers inside wheels for? I just spent a relaxing 20 minutes mullering the old bearings out of my spare rear wheel today, and I got to wondering what the spacer in the wheel actually does, apart from making it hard to knock the bearings out... It's not weight bearing, it's not tightly fitted, it doesn't rotate with the wheel... But it must do something, right? __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"