It’s a small assembly of metal parts that slide along easily, helped with grease. Hardened metal is used to make wheel bearings and they are very strong - easily able to handle the car’s ...

Customers sometimes comment that when they replace a grease-able bearing, the bearing has seals on both sides so, “There’s no way for the grease to get into the bearing.” Grease-able ...

His solution to balancing the bicycle was a reaction wheel that keeps the bicycle upright at all times. A bicycle is basically an inverted pendulum; something we’ve seen controlled in a number ...

The seal keeps grease in and damaging water and debris out. Wheel bearings are installed inside, and secured to, the ...

Roller-type or ball bearings packed in grease inside all four wheel hubs allow wheels to spin freely without generating excessive heat while supporting the weight of the vehicle. In addition ...

The seal keeps grease in and damaging water and debris out. Wheel bearings are installed inside, and secured to, the ...

Radial ball bearings consist of a specific number of balls contained within a cavity called a raceway that is formed by two radiused ball races. Although the vast majority of ball bearings have balls ...

He demonstrated this by splitting the rear wheel of his bike first in half and then thirds to create an absolute head turner. Since a conventional bicycle wheel with tensioned spokes would ...

Non-contact seals do not generate additional friction, and some gap is left between the seal and the bearing. Non-contact seals are composed of steel or another hard metal, and are sometimes ...

Today, that picture is very, very different. The process of producing a typical bicycle has been divided up and shared out among workers and craftspeople from Asia to Europe. In doing so ...

Traditional ball joints and wheel bearings complete the steering and suspension set-up. Like all moving suspension and steering parts, they wear out with age and use, especially ball joints and ...

Ideally, this height is around 7 to 8 inches off the ground on a 12-inch balance bike (the number denotes the wheel size), which is low enough for most 2-year-olds to stand over comfortably.