Sw74gls2 Posted May 25, 2022 Report Share Posted May 25, 2022 Hi guys, hopefully you can help me make my mind up on this, basically I bought my Daughter a newer bike (2019) to replace her (2015) I'm happy with it otherthan the rims are tatty on the 2019 so I was going to swap the wheels over, the rear wheel is the same dimensions no problems, but the front 2015 has 61905 bearings and the 2019 has 6004 bearings meaning the wheels will not fit due to spindle size, forks etc... so my idea is to take them both appart and swap rims round???? I've invested in the truing stand and wrench etc and watched several videos but when I get close to doing it something/someone puts me off i.e. there is a lot of measurements you need to take, it's extremely hard to do and if i fail once appart no wheel specialists will take the job on??? So im stuck im always up to have a go at anything and I've not failed so far?? But am I taking on the unknown with the end result being a box of scrap ???? Really really appreciate your help in this?? Cheers Simon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faussy Posted May 25, 2022 Report Share Posted May 25, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Sw74gls2 said: Hi guys, hopefully you can help me make my mind up on this, basically I bought my Daughter a newer bike (2019) to replace her (2015) I'm happy with it otherthan the rims are tatty on the 2019 so I was going to swap the wheels over, the rear wheel is the same dimensions no problems, but the front 2015 has 61905 bearings and the 2019 has 6004 bearings meaning the wheels will not fit due to spindle size, forks etc... so my idea is to take them both appart and swap rims round???? I've invested in the truing stand and wrench etc and watched several videos but when I get close to doing it something/someone puts me off i.e. there is a lot of measurements you need to take, it's extremely hard to do and if i fail once appart no wheel specialists will take the job on??? So im stuck im always up to have a go at anything and I've not failed so far?? But am I taking on the unknown with the end result being a box of scrap ???? Really really appreciate your help in this?? Cheers Simon. Relacing a wheel isn't that difficult especially when you can take pictures of the wheel spoke layout beforehand and also have the correct length spokes. The only measurement you need is the offset from the disc to the rim edge, and its only a trials bike, being a mm or two out isn't that critical. Even if you screw it up i doubt a shop would refuse to correct it for you. You could also replace the bearings, see the below link but if you're unsure about relacing a wheel, that may also be too daunting for you. Basically both wheels have the same outer bearing diameter but different inners for the spindle and different widths. If you can find bearings that are the same outer and width with only the inner difference then its a simple bearing swap. I think the link below contains one set of interchangeable bearing Edited May 25, 2022 by faussy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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