When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

Some people really have the balls... bearings that is. Is there a normal number of balls per race used? TOC era

#eBayPartner    Most Recent BUY IT NOW Items Listed on eBay
eBay Auction Picture
eBay Auction Picture
eBay Auction Picture
eBay Auction Picture
eBay Auction Picture
eBay Auction Picture
eBay Auction Picture
eBay Auction Picture
eBay Auction Picture
eBay Auction Picture
eBay Auction Picture
eBay Auction Picture
eBay Auction Picture
eBay Auction Picture
eBay Auction Picture
eBay Auction Picture
eBay Auction Picture
eBay Auction Picture

bricycle

I'm the Wiz, and nobody beats me!
Reason I ask, is balls often besome separated from the original races, at least on non-caged sets,
Or should one use the smallest balls that work in a given instance? Halp!!! šŸ˜«
 
I just took one apart the other day, the type with a clamp on-top of the so-called top-nut.
The bearings fell out and I picked-up 41, so I am thinking that one was lost or missing.

The balls measured 0.185 or 0.186 so maybe 3/16ā€ nominal; (or maybe 4.7mm metric?).

I could fit 22 in the top race, but maybe only 21 felt just right?
 
Last edited:
I cleaned and regreased the headset on my circa 1907, French made 'Cycles Morot' last week.
It has 25 bearings in both the top and bottom races.
Metric bearings obviously.
 
Back
Top