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Default Metric bearings in imperial wheel rims

On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:48:54 +0100, Aidan Karley
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|In article , Doki wrote:
| The question is, will a 35mm bearing fit in the hub that is built to
| accept 34.925mm bearings? Will it just be a bit of a squeeze to get the
| bearing in? Will there be any problem with the bearing if it is
| slightly compressed?
|
| Take the extra bit of metal off the ID of the wheel so you can use standard
| bearings?
|
| If you can get one bearing thats got slightly too much metal, then you
|can get two with the same ease. So take the metal off the easy-to-replace
|part, not off the hard to replace part.

Bearings are Hardened Steel and an absolute swine to machine.
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