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·I had a little time this am so I figured I would try to get a distributer for some abec7 bearings. this wasnt so easy but I learned a hell of alot about bearings.
to start with most of the bearings that sell on the internet as abec 7 are NOT abec 7 bearings they are generic bearings (made somewhere cheap)that the industry says are equivilent to Abec 7 but they are not certifiable.
A true abec 7 bearing in lots of 100 piece's runs 29.99 ea and is also a certified abec 7 bearing. so those bearings people sell for$8 bucks saying they are abec 7's they are not.
Which doesnt make any difference cause they do make a curado cast nicer..
However talking to the guy at shimano he says that just adding yellow rocket fuel (after cleaning the bearings) will improve the results from a curado that is brand new and not used. The grease/lube they get in these bearings from the factory is heavy and loads the bearing way down.(they dont clean/add rocket fuel to them at shimano before installing them)
Curados come stock with a abec 3 or equivilent .
I was able to find abec 5's and a ceramic abec 3&5, I order some of each and I plan on trying them.
This info came from several big bearing manufacturers That I spoke to this am.
They told me the same thing about using a fake abec7 for skate boards and rolloer blades even hocky pucks.
so bottom line (from what I found out ) is a abec 7 bearing is extremly expensive and rare on certain size's.
Delw
to start with most of the bearings that sell on the internet as abec 7 are NOT abec 7 bearings they are generic bearings (made somewhere cheap)that the industry says are equivilent to Abec 7 but they are not certifiable.
A true abec 7 bearing in lots of 100 piece's runs 29.99 ea and is also a certified abec 7 bearing. so those bearings people sell for$8 bucks saying they are abec 7's they are not.
Which doesnt make any difference cause they do make a curado cast nicer..
However talking to the guy at shimano he says that just adding yellow rocket fuel (after cleaning the bearings) will improve the results from a curado that is brand new and not used. The grease/lube they get in these bearings from the factory is heavy and loads the bearing way down.(they dont clean/add rocket fuel to them at shimano before installing them)
Curados come stock with a abec 3 or equivilent .
I was able to find abec 5's and a ceramic abec 3&5, I order some of each and I plan on trying them.
This info came from several big bearing manufacturers That I spoke to this am.
They told me the same thing about using a fake abec7 for skate boards and rolloer blades even hocky pucks.
so bottom line (from what I found out ) is a abec 7 bearing is extremly expensive and rare on certain size's.
Delw