When your skateboard wheels make grinding noises or aren’t spinning as smoothly as they used to, it’s time to clean or replace your wheel bearings. Removing and changing your skateboard bearings only takes a few minutes, and requires either a skateboard tool or a wrench. Clean the bearings with a rag and some acetone or cleaning solvent. Lubricate your bearings before putting them back into your wheels.

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In order to clean or replace your wheel bearings, you first need to get them out of your skateboard wheels with a socket wrench. Use your socket wrench to unscrew the nut holding the wheel onto the axle. Then, slide the wheel to the end of the axle so that only the bearing is connected to it. Pry the bearing from the wheel by placing your fingers on top of the wheel and using the axle as leverage. Once you’ve removed the bearing, flip the wheel over and insert the tip of the axel rod into the second bearing and pry it out as well. To learn how to use a bearing puller to get the bearings out of skateboard wheels, keep reading! Did this summary help you?YesNo

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This article was co-authored by Jon Depoian. Jon Depoian is a Skateboarding Instructor and the Owner of Intro2Skateboarding, an organization based in Orange County, California that provides professional private, home-school, after-school, birthday party, and summer camp skateboard lessons for beginners and experienced skateboarders alike. Jon has over 21 years of skateboarding experience and over 10 years of skateboard instruction experience. He also has extensive experience producing street skateboarding videos and skating competitions. There are 8 references cited in this article, which can be found at the bottom of the page. This article has been viewed 253,224 times.