23 Minute Trek Procaliber Restoration! MTB Rebuild: Hub & Wheel Bearings, Tubeless, Full Service!

hi and welcome back to bike speeds this week we're going to give An Almighty service to this Tre Pro Caliber this has got an awful lot of wheel work in this one so we're doing all the wheel bearings rebuilding the Hub we're also going to change the tubless tire out and put new ceiling in that you can see here we've got a lot of movement in the bearings on both front and back wheel the bearings were absolutely life extinct everything on the lower part of this bike was life extinct so we're going to replace the bottom bracket bearing the front whe wheel bearings we also did the chain there's just so much work on this bike this was a big big video for us it was an awful lot work involved with this you can hear here that front wheel bearing you can just hear how grally and noisy that is would be pointless repacking this it's probably been washed out but you saw the play in those Wheels those bearings are life extinct was the same with the back but listen to this back [Applause] wheel you had something rattling around inside the Tire I was quite curious it was quite noisy more noisy than you can hear there it was a very noisy wheel so I have to figure that out as well but fortunately we are putting a new tire on there right hand lever was operating correctly as it should left hand leader was coming quite close in travel to The Handlebar they are different calipers on this bike front and rear but there shouldn't be quite that much difference in the two breaks so we see if we can address that as well and as you can see here chain is absolutely worn out that needs replacing very common on a one by system like this especially on a mountain bike especially on a deria that has a clutch as this one does very very common for the chains not to last an awful lot of mileage so that chains life extinct we'll replace that when we service the bike as well so I'm going to take off the wheels I'm going to get this bike into component form take off what I can to clean what I feel needs cleaning and then begin to resolve all the issues with the bike so off Comes This rear cassette this actually ran again customer told me he'd already replaced this once so although we're doing the chain I think the cassette itself will be okay to run another chain so you can see here it's built up a little bit of grease and debris so we'll clean that off get that cleaned up and then also we're going to remove this rear deria thankfully the cable popped out of there without any issues so that's always good when you don't have to recable a bike of this nature there was nothing wrong with the gear shifting you can see there the rear deria built up with debris quite thick and greasy and oily so I'm going to clean that up you can hear there a lot of grally sound on that bottom bracket so again given the amount of wear on the other bearings I think this has been through a pool of water at some point so we're going to also address the bottom bracket bearings now when I was taking this pedal arm off there's a safety washer between those two bolts was actually fitted the wrong way around so it took me a little bit of confusion there when I got it off but I realized that safety washer was the wrong way around so I also SWA that around during the service and then out comes the chain set you can see there the water on that that would suggest to me there's a lot of water inside the frame which again is probably why those bearings have worn so we'll clean all this up we'll get that all through the AL Sonic Cleaner so out comes the bottom bracket now I'm using an extractor I don't like to hammer bearings where I don't have to do sometimes with wheel bearings you have to hammer them but certainly with bottom bracket bearings you should be able to extract them like this with minimal effort really and get those out that way you're not going to do any damage to the cups themselves or the frame so we'll just extract both sides of that we check the apertures of the bottom bracket area to make sure they were within tolerances which in this instance they were so there was no extra work needed there so we can just press in the new bottom bracket in due course along the service so with all servicing with disc brakes like these I'm going to remove the pads I'm going to give those a clean up as well both front and rear so out come the pads from the calipers they slipped out quite easily so that was all good slide that front one out there so there out now and then we're going to start to clean up the components that we have took off so I'm going to remove the jockey Wheels they weren't too badly worn everything was okay there but the housing and debris of grease and everything needed cleaning up so we're going to get that all through the old Sonic Cleaner now these components were a little bit big we had to turn these over a few minutes each side just to make sure that everything went through okay but once they have been turned you can clean them up quite nicely like this and then I'm also going to use a little bit of brake cleaner on the jockey Wheels I didn't want to put those through the Ultrasonic Cleaner because in the center of those they do have their own sealed bearing and I didn't want to destroy the greases and oils in that bear and if it SE through with any of the Degreaser so I clean those off on the bench with a little bit of brake cleaner and they come up beautifully so this has now been through the Ultrasonic Cleaner we can clean that up we don't have to worry about the clutch area that does have a Rubber seal so we're not going to get ultrasonic cleaning solution in there so that's fine to clean through and also the cassette there just using one of our detailing brushes there to wash this down so we're putting that through soapy water then we'll dry these components off before we rubricate and fit them back to the bike so chain set next nice little wash down with soapy water next up I'm going to put this back together using a little bit of loc tie on the threads of the axles for the jockey wheels that will just stop those coming loose you do have Loctite on those originally so that's what we're doing now second one going in there the guide wheel pulley wheel both in there nicely and then we're going to lubricate this one up so I've used a little bit of a premium grease on the spring to stop that corroding and then I'm using a general purpose oil on the pivot Points they often don't need oil in but it just helps things along as things wear and then we're using our general purpose grease and a copper grease which will stop corrosion on that thread and that will go back into the whe they're very prone to bonding in some of these wheels so it's very important to lubricate your through axles and next up I'm cleaning off the brake pad so you can see there cleaning off any of the debris that's on them then I'm going to skim those and they will come up beautifully what difference between the top and the bottom the top one you can see the minerals within the brake pad itself looking shiny ready to regrip the bottom one a little bit impregnated so you can see what difference we can make even to the pads when we service a bike now we've got this epic rear wheel this is quite a big section of the video but it's well worth watching I couldn't even pull off the caps on each end of the wheel they should just be a press fit they were solid so I used a little extractor there thankfully there was a little lip that allowed me to get that in without doing any damage to the axle it RPS on the end of the cup you get different cups depending on the style of wheels and the axle sizes and the wheels that you're fitting so they have adapters so they came off nice and easily and you can see there when I actually took the hub off itself couple of the pores stuck inside the wheel there you can see how that grease is built up and grimy and brown and wet and not nice at all so we'll just pop those out as it is we're going to clean those up you can see here that brown thick horrible mess of grease on there it's impregnated with water the water's got in there it's thinned it out it's made it dirty and oily the bearings have bled through so we need to address that so the first thing I'm going to do is pop out the bearing one side quite tricky to do that without hammering it so I've knocked that out with a drift and then out comes all the various spaces and cups and things and the second one I'm actually going to ex ract with an extractor I try to avoid hammering any bearings that I can obviously it's unavoidable sometimes you have to use a drift especially when there's a spacer between the two bearings but in this instance one knocked out the other drifted out sorry one drifted out the other extracted out so that's now ready to clean there's actually three bearings in that Hub which you'll see as we put that back together if you notice the earlier shot there actually two came out with with one extraction that's now ready to wash the body off that's been through the Sonic Cleaner the pors are ready to clean off they've been through the ultra Sonic Cleaner we've got a rubber washer there which is stop water impregnating so that's also been cleaned up so I am going to use a little bit of grease on the surfaces that the bearing sitting to help those slide through we have one that we've got to press right the way through to the other side so we want to make sure that everything there is nice and smooth ready for putting in the bearings the first bearing is this one this has got to go right through to to the other side so we're going to press that through with a lovely press you always want to make sure you're using presses and things that fit the bearings that you're using don't Hammer them through you'll only end up damaging them so that's pressed right through to the other side that's seating at its home position but there is also a little C clip that holds that in so next up is to put that circlip right through the Hub to hold that bearing in and then in go the spaces again a little bit of our premium grease around that just to help that slide into place to stop any corrosion between the two surfaces and then we can pop in a double set of bearings on this Hub you often find with these much bigger cassettes that you need a little bit more support when it's in the lower gears so that's why this Hub has two extra bearings there so there's three sets of bearings in that one Hub but that's the three bearings in there now you can see that's looking quite good I've actually opted for stainless steel bearings on this job because they will stop the water impregnating and damaging them so Fierce with a mountain bike there the the right choice so now I'm just using a little bit of our Hub grease that's available on our website before we put the pools back into the Hub itself so those little fine Springs sitting there then the pools themselves before I put the teeth in I dropped the back ring on some of them needed to be worked in with a screwdriver some just dropped in but it was quite fiddly either way this actually had six of these in this wheel that in itself is getting more and more common years ago you'd have three I've even seen them with two but in this instance we've got six so this is quite a nice little Hub once it's rebuilt really does the the job of engaging nicely and smoothly without being too loud and it's a it's a nice Hub this one so that's all back together next up I've got to deal with the wheel bearings themselves so the first one I've knocked out there you can see the Grime on the inside of that all the grease is washed out of the bearings that's what's all sitting on the inside there you can see how that's gone Brown and watery not very nice at all I've comes that bearing it was actually seized this bearing it was locked solid so it was turning on the shaft of the wheel itself so not very nice at all and then we just give a tap out on the other side before we clean this down so I'm just using the deaser one of our detailing brushes we do these in a pack of five on our website so we're also just using one on the wheel there give that little spray out make sure that everything's nice and clean nice microfiber towel to really dry that out and bring out that g Greaser next up we've got to find out what was inside this tire we are actually replacing this tire as well by request of the customer so we're getting that off and I'm intrigued to see what we can find inside this tire that was making that rattling noise almost sounded like a bu bearing rattling around inside that tire so off comes that tire and now we reveal all these are actually plugs from previous punctures on this wheel where he's obviously pluged the wheel they've then worked their way through and come out they've fallen inside the tire the tire has plugged itself with the sealant and you can see there this is a well-used tire he's obviously had a few punctures along the way and that was what was rattling around inside this wheel and tire so on goes the new tire now I've lined up the logo with the valve and we'll just work that in so this is a tubus tire so we get that in then what I'm going to do now is inflate that tire so that we get the bead seating on the wheel itself so we inflate that to pressure that all pops on the bead sits on the wheel and then I'm going to release the air and change out this valve core and putting fresh sealant into the tire itself so this is a slightly larger tire so most of this sealant comes in a 60 mil bottle we're actually going to put two of those inside here so we've got 120 Ms of sealant in there that will work way around the tire initially to seal any holes that are in there and we'll also then allow enough sealant in there to get through the season of punctures that he may well have along the way so now I inflate that to the correct pressure so we've got the new valve CLA in there as well that will stop any Grime that builds up and then it'll work around that new sealant both sides of the wheel to allow that tire to really seat and any air that may Escape will be sealed up before it's even on the bike and now I can wash down the wheel so this is a satisfying piece really once you've done all that Hub work and i' I've got the Hub ready to go back on I've got all the bearings ready to go back it's a nice feeling when you're just washing around a wheel but this allows me to check the Integrity of the wheel check the spokes as I'm cleaning and I F those as well and everything there was absolutely as it should be so there's nothing more than to press in the wheel bearings again I'm just using a little bit of a freehub grease on on the Hub itself I've put that in before I've put the axle in just cuz it's a little bit easier to do it at this stage than once the axle is starting to show through so now I'm setting up the bearing press I pick out from all the different kits I have to find the right fittings and spaces so that I don't damage anything see there it just smoothly goes into the wheel hub itself so that's one side and then we're also just going to press in the other side I'm going to put a little bit greasing in the seat of the bearing before I put the axle in again it's just a little bit easier to do it at this stage than once the axle is sitting inside the wheel the axle had a little bit of damage but it would still grip a bearing so there's no need to worry too much about that these sort of things are very hard to get a hold of anyway but once the fresh bearings are in there that won't be a problem that that'll go another few bearings really the axle so on goes the spacers in goes the space on the gear side and then we can just press in that non- drive side bearing that's both wheel bearings now into the wheel so quite pleased with that this was actually a very satisfying wheel to do took us quite a long while to film but it was very satisfying now I'm using here silicon grease you don't see us use that very often but it is in our pack of five syringes that you can buy on our website but I just use a little bit of silicon grease because there's an O-ring inside there and that will allow that to slide onto the wheel once we pop those covers on so here they go on there now the O-ring will slide on with that silicon grease and you can hear hear what lovely sound we've got to this Hub this was very tired when this wheel came in it was really satisfying to do this work on this one without a doubt so a little bit of general purpose grease on the Hub there before I put the cassette on and then on goes that lovely cassette all cleaned up through the old Sonic Cleaner the wheel is now looking and feeling like brand new so on goes the lock ring we'll T that up 40 new M pick that through and then the feel of this Hub and how smooth it was like but once it been done next up we've got to address the disc so I'm just going to clean that up with a little bit of wire wall in the center before I actually put the bolts onto that one and also we did the other side so that's all nice and clean now that will go on we're actually using fresh bolts on this one as well to replace the bolts the heads on these were a little bit tired so on goes the disc torque that up as well make sure that everything's right and tight so we do that opposite so you see it go 12 to 6:00 and so on and then I'm also just going to sand this disc this bike wasn't squealing but one of the Prime reasons for any squeaky brakes is you get little lines form on the disc they act like a record on a record player and you get that squealing sound you can't stop it so I always clean up the discs by just sanding them down to get them nice and smooth and finally we're going to now get to the stage of washing the frame down always satisfying we're using the big softy brush there so if you're new to the Channel please do subscribe like this video drop us a comment about what you're seeing there maybe some wheel work that you've done along the way and all the things you see in the video that we use you can buy on our website so these brushes the line on detailing brushes lots of the greases and oils that we use all the things you see in the videos you can get over on our website we had a great period of sales as well on the website recently so if you have used us it's a great way of supporting the channel and I can't tell you how much we really appreciate it Simon is in the middle or has just brought his first home so congratulations to Simon that's why we haven't had a video out for a couple of three weeks he's been going through moving and it's your help that's allowed him to do that so thank you very very much for all the support you give us on the Chanel channel here now I'm dealing with this bottom bracket I've put a little bit of grease in there to help the cups slide into this bottom bracket they are a plastic cup on this bottom bracket it's a standard Shimano one I'm putting in into this bike which is what came out and it just helps those slide in we've got a nice press there that works both sides it sits on the outer edge of that plastic so you're not actually pressing against the bearings you're pressing the cup in and it's the nice way of getting that in centrally and square next up the chain set goes in I've just put a little bit grease on there to help that slide in as well and to stop future corrosion and then in goes that ped arm with that safety washer that we've turned around at this point ready to go back together on the bike so we just push that in with our thumb that goes in now I am going to talk this at this stage rather than at the end I like to get the bottom bracket and the chain set and as it happens there isn't one on this but if there was a front deril I let to get everything in its final position on the front so that adjustments can be made with everything in its correct and final position so on go the pedals again I'm using a little bit of copper anti sees grease on those threads to stop those binding in and they're on now on goes the rear deria on goes that rear deria cable again I was very fortunate with that one that we didn't have to replace the cable on this bike so we just refitted that and everything was okay with that one I'm just using a little bit of copper grease on the back of the pads you can see it's a min skule amount the tiniest amount on there but the actual pistons in these calipers are metal they're not the ceramic ones as you see in the higher end versions so it just stops that binding and that rusting of that Circle you can see forming on that one it will just stop that bonding and rusting and corroding in the future and will help the breaking actuation and release on the brake pads as well so I'm quite happy now with that so we can now begin to put the bike back together this front wheel's also had all the work you saw on the back wheel so that's already had new bearings and the disc cleaned up and is ready to go we tend to only show one wheel on camera because this is already a long video without doing every single thing and that's what you have to remember these videos they're filmed over several days and you see a very small portion of that video so a lot of other work goes on now I'm checking the gears this was actually skipping in the top ring just wasn't quite sitting correct so we adjusted the low screw on this one to make sure that that was actually sitting nicely on that one gear it wasn't before so we're quite happy now now with the front and rear brake you can see here we've got a 75 mil there to the tip of the right hand brake Leever and the left hand brake lever was actually a little bit short about 68 so it's around about 6 mm in further toward towards the handlebar that was some of the issue we had with this one pulling almost up to The Handlebar grip itself so we'll just adjust that out so that it's the same as the right hand one and that will actually give us a better brake feel we would have liked to have bled this brake but actually it had a seized brake bleed port and would involve replacing components that really at this stage don't need replacing so we actually elected just to adjust that brake lever we informed the customer of the issue we had and maybe in his future servicing or if he gets a problem with a brake you can deal with that problem that we had now you can see here as well on the shifter on the right hand here there was movement it was actually loose on its fitting so we just T that up as well and that will stop that movement give much more positive shift that's something you may not even have noticed so especially if he wears GS while riding he may not have even realized that that was loose but the service was worth that alone because if that come off in a day that could have dropped down into the wheel could have caused an accident or spoiled his day out so the service was worth that alone just to have checked and found that shifter in itself we're going right through the bike now so I've done all the handlebars there check all the stem we check all the Torx on everything so even the axles themselves all the disc bolts the calipers themselves here I go right the way through a bike when I'm servicing it I'm trying to find anything that could be loose that could spoil a day out or cause a problem on the bike so I literally run front to back right the way through and we do this at any level of service so even our entry level service will get this check where we go right the way through the bike for the torque rch in the case of this bike all the bolts were tight which is very rare but we do check them all As a matter of caution so again you can see here rear caliper and then the derer itself to make sure that that's all tight even the pinch bolts have a specification so we check those and then the final thing for me to do with this bike is just to check the pressure in the forks they were absolutely fine but there's no harm in checking them and as you can see from these before and afters we've made a huge difference to this bike so I hope you've enjoyed this video we certainly enjoyed filming it was nice to be back with me and Simon filming and editing videos again so please do keep subscribed to the channel and we'll see you again very very soon bye for now [Music]

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Length: 23min 20sec (1400 seconds)

Published: Wed May 01 2024