Bearings & Spacers for Aggressive Skates

Experience Jumps and Grinds With Aggressive Skate Bearings

Within the wheel, aggressive inline bearings enable it to rotate. They are available in diverse shapes and styles, significantly influencing how your aggressive skates perform when being used. Due to the intense grinds and jumps involved in this skating style, bearings endure substantial wear and tear, necessitating their replacement eventually, even with the most durable models.

Measurements of inline skate bearings often use the ABEC scale, indicating the bearing's efficiency. However, a bearing's absence from the ABEC scale does not imply inferior quality. For a comprehensive explanation of the ABEC system and other methods for assessing bearing quality, view our guide on Buying Bearings.

Removing Bearings From Aggressive Skate Wheels: How It's Done

An Allen key or a Skate tool tailored for skates is necessary to extract the bearings. Start by detaching the wheels from the skate frame, which requires unscrewing the axle securing the wheel to the frame.

Next, the spacers need to be taken out. With a floating spacer, insert your skate tool halfway through the centre of the bearing and gently push it out while rotating the wheel. For a long sleeve bearing spacer, tap the edge of the spacer and then simply eject the bearing from the opposite side.

To fit the new bearings, merely press them into the previous bearing's position, subsequently inserting the spacer and the second bearing. This method applies to both spacer types.