* 1) KEEP DRY. STAY AWAY
FROM WATER. Water will destroy your bearings immediately. If for some odd
reason you need to ride your bearings through water you should lube the bearings
with grease. Grease will protect the working components longer than an oil.
Oiled bearings are faster but will also rust faster if exposed to water. Your
bearings performance is greatly decreased if exposed to
water.
* 2) DONT TOUCH THE SEALS
WITH THE SKATE TOOL OR WRENCH WHEN INSTALLING !! When installing the bearings tighten down
the nut, DO NOT TOUCH THE SEAL. Skate tools can crush or smash the seal. Only
put the skate tool over the nut enough to turn the nut and keep the tool from
touching the seal, at all, during installation.
* 3) AS SOON AS YOU HEAR
YOUR BEARINGS MAKIN NOISE, NOT SPIN FREELY, OR GETS WET. STOP !!! Don’t
continue to use the bearings. Don’t rotate dirty bearings. You are now due to
clean and relubricate your bearings.
Washing &
Lubrication Instructions for the RocknRons Missile* Skateboard Bearings
Keep your Ballistech or Nuclear Missiles clean ! The internal
clearance of your bearings is thousands of an inch. It won’t take much dirt and
contamination to slow your bearing down. The Missiles with its
Inner Ring Step and Seal design will keep your bearings cleaner and
lasting longer than any other 608 bearings out there. However, the oil will run
out and the bearing will get dirty over time. As soon as you hear you’re
bearings making any noise, not spin freely, or gets wet. STOP ! Don’t continue to use the bearings.
Don’t rotate dirty bearings. You are now due to clean and relubricate your
bearings. I relubricate mine after every 50 hours of riding. The oil will run
out usually before the Missiles get dirty. Your bearings must be
kept clean and lubricated to keep them alive ! How long the bearings last depend
on you.
1) Carefully remove the non-contact seal with a Sewing Needle. Poke the seal slightly in the outer ring groove and pry seal away. Try not pry seal off from the inner ring. Use the Outer ring. Remove both Seals.
2)
It is not necessary or recommended to completely disassemble bearing.
Your Missiles have a special ball cage with special clearances that
can be damaged when removing the ball cage. I recommend NOT removing the ball
cage and balls. You can clean the bearings just fine with the bearing
“open”.
3) Soak your bearings in
your cleaning solution. What solution…Good question and a lot of people have
opinions. Unlike most cleaning
instructions I’ve seen for bearings,
I will not use anything but solvents. Environmental people may not like
to hear that but I’m concerned what is best for the bearing! DO NOT use Water
based cleaners, detergents, Citrus base cleaners or WD40! Some of these aqueous
type cleaners use “surfactants” to clean the bearings. Surfactants and
penetrates can hurt the “wet ability” of the steel, not allowing oil and grease
to stick to the surface of the steel properly. I recommend using kerosene or
mineral spirits as a Preliminary wash. Don’t use Isopropyl Alcohol for your
initial wash however we are going to use it later. With kerosene and mineral
sprits the bearings can even be soaked overnight if needed, however, with low
concentration Alcohol 70%, left overnight, bearing could rust. Soak bearings for at least a few minutes
at least to give Solvent a chance to dissolve the dirty lubricant and
contaminants. I like using a little Stainless Steel Strainer with one or two
bearing at a time and “dunk” them and “agitate” them in the solvent. Try to skim
on top and let oil/dirt fall to bottom. Repeat process in clean solvent in new
container. After bearing is completely clean and free of foreign matter switch
over to the Isopropyl Alcohol, the higher the concentration the better. The sole purpose of the Alcohol will be
to “Rinse” the bearings and remove all “solvent residue”. This step is important to assure the
surface of the steel is ready for the lubricant. Shake or agitate the bearings
in the Alcohol, remembering not to leave in Alcohol for very long. No soaking is
required at this point. The Alcohol should evaporate and leave you a “bone dry”
bearing. Use a blow dryer and make sure bearing is COMPLETELY dry and cooled
down before adding lube. This is very important.
5) Add 2 Drops of Rocket Propellant Skate Lubricant or Equivalent Oil. Use Grease if you are only going to sidewalk skate. Only add enough grease to fill three ball pockets.