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Message: <blockquote data-quote="blufjr" data-source="post: 1406372" data-attributes="member: 737">Checked my notes:  Bearings were replaced at 80K and I greased them once after that, but can't say when that occurred.  Are we talking bearing for this part:  <img src="https://i.imgur.com/or3uFUo.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />?Just a Question:  Have you ever replaced the bearings before?  Have you ever greased these bearings before?A Note:  I greased these bearing once.  I had in hand one bearing and collar from the time a dealer replaced the bearings.  They were pretty much stuck together and were rusted.  So I jumped in and started to remove the ones that were replace at 80K  sometime down the road.  I pulled the collar out and the bearing were all stuck together and not rotating.  I dug the roller bearings out of the almost plastic like grease.  Cleaned them and the race up and put them back in with new grease (Silkolene Bearing Grease, it was red), greased the collar both sides and put it all back together.  My surprise was that the roller bearings weren't fixed in the frame, they were loose so you had to stick them in there with the grease and then slide the collar in.  I put it all back together and it worked fine.  There wasn't any rust to deal with so I figured it was okay as when you get it all stuck together with grease, the bearing seam to work just fine.  It may not be a good practice to do it this way, but that is  what I did.  Now I tell my mechanic to check and replace is necessary.  Often they just put more grease in and don't replace the bearings.I just went out and rotated the collars,  They all move smoothly.  They still may need new grease.  I did not take them apart.</blockquote>

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