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Quite possibly the worst rear hub bearing design ever in my opinion. The inner is facing the hub inside when looking at the bearing. There is a spacer between the two bearing inners holding them in place. The outers are pressed in or beaten in with a hammer and soft drift. There is no shoulder for the bearing outers to abut to. Keeping the bearings straight while driving them in is real fun. I ground down the diameter of one of the bearings I took out and used it to drive in the new bearings. A really large press you could fit the wheel into might make the job much easier. A press that size would be really pricey though. Getting the bearings adjusted just right can be tedious first time.

There is a discussion about the rear hub axle, bearings, and spacers here somewhere. I got a link reference to a document that more or less describes how to remove and reinstall the bearings from that discussion, or I found it using google. I can't at this moment in time remember where I got the document.

I got the rear hub bearings from AMC Classic Spares. Go to the Wheels and Brakes page and search on that 014868 part number. It takes a while for them to arrive. Email works as does a phone. They are not an online store.

Baxter Cycle here in the USA lists the bearings under that part number. There are probably others that list them.

<blockquote data-quote="Schwany" data-source="post: 558493" data-attributes="member: 10834">Quite possibly the worst rear hub bearing design ever in my opinion. The inner is facing the hub inside when looking at the bearing. There is a spacer between the two bearing inners holding them in place. The outers are pressed in or beaten in with a hammer and soft drift. There is no shoulder for the bearing outers to abut to. Keeping the bearings straight while driving them in is real fun. I ground down the diameter of one of the bearings I took out and used it to drive in the new bearings. A really large press you could fit the wheel into might make the job much easier. A press that size would be really pricey though. Getting the bearings adjusted just right can be tedious first time. There is a discussion about the rear hub axle, bearings, and spacers here somewhere. I got a link reference to a document that more or less describes how to remove and reinstall the bearings from that discussion, or I found it using google. I can&#039;t at this moment in time remember where I got the document.I got the rear hub bearings from <a href="http://www.amcclassicspares.com/" target="_blank">AMC Classic Spares</a>. Go to the Wheels and Brakes page and search on that 014868 part number. It takes a while for them to arrive. Email works as does a phone. They are not an online store.Baxter Cycle here in the USA lists the bearings under that part number. There are probably others that list them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Schwany, post: 558493, member: 10834"] Quite possibly the worst rear hub bearing design ever in my opinion. The inner is facing the hub inside when looking at the bearing. There is a spacer between the two bearing inners holding them in place. The outers are pressed in or beaten in with a hammer and soft drift. There is no shoulder for the bearing outers to abut to. Keeping the bearings straight while driving them in is real fun. I ground down the diameter of one of the bearings I took out and used it to drive in the new bearings. A really large press you could fit the wheel into might make the job much easier. A press that size would be really pricey though. Getting the bearings adjusted just right can be tedious first time. There is a discussion about the rear hub axle, bearings, and spacers here somewhere. I got a link reference to a document that more or less describes how to remove and reinstall the bearings from that discussion, or I found it using google. I can't at this moment in time remember where I got the document. I got the rear hub bearings from [URL='http://www.amcclassicspares.com/']AMC Classic Spares[/URL]. Go to the Wheels and Brakes page and search on that 014868 part number. It takes a while for them to arrive. Email works as does a phone. They are not an online store. Baxter Cycle here in the USA lists the bearings under that part number. There are probably others that list them. [/QUOTE]