Daniel's Wheel Work

For a little while now Daniel has been saying, "my bike wheels are scratchy!"  This would be in reference to his Strider bike and KT has been making the same mention regarding the sounds coming from the rear wheel.  Today Daniel and I made time to investigate.

Without assistance Daniel had both wheels

off his bike in about 3 minutes.

Working in the manly outfit of shorts only, Daniel removed both wheels from his bike and brought them to the work bench for further disassembly.  We discovered wasted caged bearings on both sides of the rear wheel and a dry bearing up front.  Actually, I'm trying to decide if these wheels came with dry bearings?  No matter as they are lubed up now.  I put the rear back together with loose balls and we'll see how long that lasts.

Getting into the hub.

No more scratchy sounds and he is rolling again.  Daniel can ride his pedal bike mostly unassisted but only when someone is with him in the street.  The Strider still sees plenty of action around the house, be it on the sidewalk, in the yard, or even inside the house.  Good fun.

Getting a boost.