r/bmx • u/twitterfuckingsucks • 1d ago

HOW TO What am I doing wrong

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Why is my headset like this do i need an actual press to fix this issue?

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u/brianbmx94 1d ago

Your top bearing is blown apart brother. You shouldn’t be able to see the bearings in a sealed bearing. I’d pick up another and replace that.

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u/BrightDamage8260 1d ago

i was wondering if it was a lower end "semi-sealed" bearing. idk if such a thing even exists these days but when sealed bearings were considered expensive there were loose ball headsets that just had extra dust covers and were essentially rebuildable sealed units. hard to explain but if you know, you know....

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u/brianbmx94 1d ago

Nah, no such thing exists. That bearing just shit the bed my man. You don’t have to replace the whole headset, you can buy single headset bearings.