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Skateboard Bearings: If you find
yourself with a cheaper skateboard from Target or Wal-Mart
have no fear. Do you find your friend's board tend to
be faster than yours? Do what I did, fix yourself up
with some new skateboard bearings. Pickup some
ABEC 5
or 7 skateboard bearings on eBay. I found mine on ebay,
checkout my list of bearings
auctions. You will be amazed
how much the speed of your board changes with just simple
$10 upgrade to some good ABEC skateboard bearings.
Also don't forget some new
skateboards wheels.
The
key to cool tricks and higher speeds are the bearings.
Clearly one of the most important parts on a Skateboard are the
Bearings.
There are 5 ABEC Ratings - 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9.
There are 2 Types of Lube for the Bearings - Oiled, or Greased.
Most Skateboards wheels take 2 Bearings per Wheel. Depending on how fast you
want your bearings to go you must decide on OIL (The
fastest) or GREASE (The least Maintenance) If you dont keep
oil or grease in the Bearings they will run Metal to Metal
and will seize from Friction and Heat and break apart. See
the guide on Bearing Maintenance.