Thank you, Reid. I often return to this video over the years for your soothing dulcet tones. Very relaxing voice you have mate. I loved the tutorial years ago and have watched these for years. I hope you’re doing well mate. Cheers.
oh my gosh, thank you for this video -- single mom here with crank issues with my son's bike. we will do it together then he'll know too! happy biking!
i recently changed my mountain bike from a crappy square peg system to a solid crank, it now rides much better and with a slightly shorter pedal stroke i don't keep scraping the pedal on the ground!!!
I've an all Aluminium bicycle, figured out the way to dismantle; however I'd love to fit the bottom bracket like say for good, and so I don't need frequent replacement, thank you, for the show and tutorials,
If I found this video 4 minutes before, I would have saved 20$. But for the future, I love you for my whole life. Remeber it. You're a hero, now. You saved lives!
All techs should watch this as an excellent example of how to present a video tutorial. So many leave the camera running while they perform some tedious and repetitive action; also, using still shots as illustration is far superior to simply moving the video in closer. Narration stays on task the entire time with no inane digressions or gratuitous profanity. You'd think this would all come naturally, but apparently not. So, good work and thanks for posting.
Gosh, thanks a lot, William S. That video made almost nine years ago was my first tutorial and first ever disassembly of a bottom bracket! Being self-critical I only see the flaws. It was nice of you to see the good points, which I myself had not known of before.
Good video. I was looking for instructions how to remove the bottom bracket on my kid's Dawes Blowfish to make it a strider bike. This video gave me the info I needed.
Hello you, me again. Just letting you know I used your video's to rebuild the bottom bracket on my old Mongoose looptail. Went without a hitch thanks to you dude!
Hadn't messed with this type of fix in years! I am glad I watched I had forgotten about the reverse thread. I woulda gone at it until it was stripped if it wasn't for your vid. Thanks.
thanks very much for this video. i had to tear my bottom bracket down. turns out my right side bearings were shot. the ring was broke and the bearings were laying inside the frame. fixed it earlier this evening. never tore one down, but your video was extremely helpful
i would like to thank u very much u encouraged me to remove my old sprocket and put on a new 1 and thanks to this video i was aware of where the bearings were and why the there is no rubber seal near the pedal arm thank you
if its an older bike and youre trying to keep it stock and original than yes keep it the way it is, if youre trying to make it sturdy and durable and performance status then get the 3 piece with the euro adapter. it works amazingly
OH YES, THOSE ARE 5/16THS BEARINGS IN CASE I MISSED IT. NICE VIDEO, AGAIN. LOOSE BEARINGS HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF SMOOTHER OPERATION, LONGER LIFE AND SUPPORTING MORE OF A LOAD. THANKS AGAIN.
Reid, Your mastery of the English language is outstanding, and I feel I should visit America simply to improve my vocabulary. I'm from Australia - an outpost on the outer rim. We say 'thing' for stuff, just like Smurfs say 'smurf' for stuff.
how can i get out bearing cups? i have same type of bearings on my old gt bmx bike. If you take bearings out then you can see the cups where should be bearings inside and i cant get the cups out. Help please!
And one more thing the grease they usually put on there is so thin that it's easy to collect dirt but the grease I used is good for 500 degrees fahrenheit and I don't have very much dirt on my bearings because I loaded my bearings with grease
Nice vid BUT after your removed the nut and washer there is that one piece that sometimes does not come out by hand. What is the name of the tool to remove that?
REID, YOU WON'T FIND LOOSE BEARINGS WITH THE ONE-PIECE CRANK OFTEN. IT'S HARD TO PUT LOOSE BEARINGS IN A ONE-PIECE CRANK. I'VE DONE IT AND IT HELPS BY HAVING THE FRAME STRIPPED DOWN WHERE YOU CAN LAY IT ON ITS SIDE. JUST MY OPINE. GOOD VIDEO!!
lol. The way you speak you speak though, seems so patient and confident, it gives a strong illusion that wow, this guy really knows what he is doing. Fake it till you make it Reidy.
Believe it or not, I've actually had a one piece crank like this that fatigued and sheared right off! Definitly the most reliable type of crank, but its still possible to fail!
my bike has the same type of bracket but it needs to be replaced because the part were the chain goes is dented but the left pedal is stuck is there anything i can do? Maybe break the pedal?
Here's one thing I know from taking apart my crank system yep I to have an american one piece crank and I used red lithium Greece which is used in bearings in GM vehicles and I had to tighten the bearing housing because they made a clicking sound when I tightened everything up it stopped clicking
That brown nasty sticky gunk on the race & bearing is I think called kreoslole something like that most Asian parts are shipped by see its meant to stop Corrosion from the salt water. In my automotive shop all my brake disks drums ect. Come covered in it on bearings I think they mix it with grease. I may be wrong. But I always clean & re grease all new bikes I get hope this helps. Peace
You absolute star. Bought a second hand bike, it was new less than 3 years ago. And it had this style of crank, and everything else on it is non standard too. Incredibly infuriating, can't find replacement parts.
could the grease been anti seize? you put anti seeze on threads to make them not rust. anyways thanks for the video it was exactly what i was looking for
of course for any type of freestyle a 2 or 3 piece crank is best. but for general riding a 1 piece would do. I have had my stock 1 piece bend on me riding dirt jumps on my first decent freestyle bmx. this is for people that might need advice in this area. They seem to be the same style as a freestyle 1 piece. I know they have 2 types of American bottom brackets such as this caged or loose ball bearing and sealed cartridge with cups installed. Typically not found in bmx anymore.
this helped alot as i was stripping down an old bmx for the frame, but im stuck in one place, you see where the bearings sit. i want to remove that to put in a new style bottom bracket. PLEASE HELP! :)
This is a "Ashtabula" One Piece Crank (O.P.C.) style bottom bracket crankset. An old style that was popular in America. You could update the title and/or details so that searches for the proper name can find your video more easily. Great Video, thanks for posting.
my bike is all rusty i tried unscrewing that nut but it was rusted over and wouldn't budge i hit the end of the wrench with a hammer and it just bent i didn't think of trying to turn it the other way
err correction, the one piece cranks WAS the strongest. They tend to bend and snap for bmx bikes... its actualy the lightest cranks you can get. the strongest so far are Profile 3 piece cranks. Jus though you would like to know lol.
hi man well i got my bmx bike about 9 mouths ago and i have 3piece cranks and the bottem bracket in this video. But i need a new bottem bracket and axal so can u sugest a bmx bottem bracket that will fit its a stolen getaway 07 bmx please help me thankyou
When i do this i USE park tool poly lube grease to regresses the inside of my one pice crank one of my friend did this to his BMX bike crank and used park tool poly lube and he said it made his BMX bike crank work like a brand new crank after he greased it with park tool bike grease
lol get a mis sealed...its soooooooooooo much better!! omg im so glad i spend the money on new cranks rather then having my shitty open bottom bracket thstam ade so much noise and came loose in like a day
at the point you said Aaah but that , same thing . in between I you just blown my mind. cause if you were correct , I would die to know how did they do it :)
Thank you, Reid.
I often return to this video over the years for your soothing dulcet tones.
Very relaxing voice you have mate.
I loved the tutorial years ago and have watched these for years.
I hope you’re doing well mate.
Cheers.
Thank you. The left hand nut was killing me. Thanks for the directional info. Wouldn't be able to do it without you!
I'm "resto-modding" a mid '80's 12 speed huffy road bike.
I never thought the nut was reversed threaded.
Thank you so much for posting this video!
Lll
oh my gosh, thank you for this video -- single mom here with crank issues with my son's bike. we will do it together then he'll know too! happy biking!
Diana Tuggle. Haha. Crack issues.
And why don't you have a husband...?
i recently changed my mountain bike from a crappy square peg system to a solid crank, it now rides much better and with a slightly shorter pedal stroke i don't keep scraping the pedal on the ground!!!
I've an all Aluminium bicycle, figured out the way to dismantle; however I'd love to fit the bottom bracket like say for good, and so I don't need frequent replacement, thank you, for the show and tutorials,
If I found this video 4 minutes before, I would have saved 20$. But for the future, I love you for my whole life. Remeber it. You're a hero, now. You saved lives!
All techs should watch this as an excellent example of how to present a video tutorial. So many leave the camera running while they perform some tedious and repetitive action; also, using still shots as illustration is far superior to simply moving the video in closer. Narration stays on task the entire time with no inane digressions or gratuitous profanity. You'd think this would all come naturally, but apparently not. So, good work and thanks for posting.
Gosh, thanks a lot, William S. That video made almost nine years ago was my first tutorial and first ever disassembly of a bottom bracket! Being self-critical I only see the flaws. It was nice of you to see the good points, which I myself had not known of before.
Thank you for making this video! You're such a blessing. I'll finally be able to install the pedal assist sensor to the schwinn I'm trying to convert.
I like your kind nature. And I appriciate the amount of detail that you put in this video.
Thanks, I've got an old (presumably 80's) Schwinn I'm restoring, couldn't find any other videos with this type of assembly.
Good video. I was looking for instructions how to remove the bottom bracket on my kid's Dawes Blowfish to make it a strider bike. This video gave me the info I needed.
Outstanding video - Best I've found on the topic - thanks for posting.
Nice video man! I appreciate the detailed pictures and extra knowledge you provided. Thanks for making this, I'm off to tear apart my bottom bracket!
Hello you, me again. Just letting you know I used your video's to rebuild the bottom bracket on my old Mongoose looptail. Went without a hitch thanks to you dude!
I like your pace. You keep moving and are interesting. Thanks!
Hadn't messed with this type of fix in years! I am glad I watched I had forgotten about the reverse thread. I woulda gone at it until it was stripped if it wasn't for your vid. Thanks.
Great Job!
This helped me a lot on my kids bike.
Thanks for your effort.
thanks very much for this video. i had to tear my bottom bracket down. turns out my right side bearings were shot. the ring was broke and the bearings were laying inside the frame. fixed it earlier this evening. never tore one down, but your video was extremely helpful
"...that way they self-tighten when a fellow is riding." Lool, luv it.
i would like to thank u very much u encouraged me to remove my old sprocket and put on a new 1 and thanks to this video i was aware of where the bearings were and why the there is no rubber seal near the pedal arm
thank you
Thank you so much I have not ridden my bike for so long bc I thought it was broken this helped a lot thank you
if its an older bike and youre trying to keep it stock and original than yes keep it the way it is, if youre trying to make it sturdy and durable and performance status then get the 3 piece with the euro adapter. it works amazingly
OH YES, THOSE ARE 5/16THS BEARINGS IN CASE I MISSED IT. NICE VIDEO, AGAIN.
LOOSE BEARINGS HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF SMOOTHER OPERATION, LONGER LIFE
AND SUPPORTING MORE OF A LOAD. THANKS AGAIN.
omfg thank god i watched this video u just made my life a WHOLE LOT easier thank u so much
impressive how you were able to unscrew cone with your big toe.
This Helped me a lot thanks!!!!
Reid, Your mastery of the English language is outstanding, and I feel I should visit America simply to improve my vocabulary. I'm from Australia - an outpost on the outer rim. We say 'thing' for stuff, just like Smurfs say 'smurf' for stuff.
how can i get out bearing cups? i have same type of bearings on my old gt bmx bike. If you take bearings out then you can see the cups where should be bearings inside and i cant get the cups out. Help please!
thank you ... SOO MUCH !!!! :D i love you mann . ive been stuck with this issue for a long time
And one more thing the grease they usually put on there is so thin that it's easy to collect dirt but the grease I used is good for 500 degrees fahrenheit and I don't have very much dirt on my bearings because I loaded my bearings with grease
I have a classic Schwinn exercise bike and I think it is the same as this bike so, this should be very helpful for me to pack or replace the bearings.
The outter bearing cup don't have that hexagon shape to losen it up. it just has holes in it, what do i do about that?
Thanks the video it saved my plans ..
Nice vid BUT after your removed the nut and washer there is that one piece that sometimes does not come out by hand. What is the name of the tool to remove that?
REID, YOU WON'T FIND LOOSE BEARINGS WITH THE ONE-PIECE CRANK OFTEN.
IT'S HARD TO PUT LOOSE BEARINGS IN A ONE-PIECE CRANK. I'VE DONE IT AND
IT HELPS BY HAVING THE FRAME STRIPPED DOWN WHERE YOU CAN LAY IT ON ITS SIDE.
JUST MY OPINE. GOOD VIDEO!!
Is there a benefit to replacing the caged bearings in the bike with caged bearings that have a greater number of bearings?
Great video!
I enjoyed the video. Thanks!
Pretty smooth before the service
lol. The way you speak you speak though, seems so patient and confident, it gives a strong illusion that wow, this guy really knows what he is doing.
Fake it till you make it Reidy.
Alot of help thankyouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
I LOVE YOU MAN, YOU SAVED MY LIFE :D ♥
Thank you your video help me a lot
@ampdavolts if my bmx crank are similiar to yours can it works and inside is it all are the same?
its the same size but the bearing is sealed and you just push it in like bearings on a skate board or roller skates
Believe it or not, I've actually had a one piece crank like this that fatigued and sheared right off! Definitly the most reliable type of crank, but its still possible to fail!
my bike has the same type of bracket but it needs to be replaced because the part were the chain goes is dented but the left pedal is stuck is there anything i can do? Maybe break the pedal?
Here's one thing I know from taking apart my crank system yep I to have an american one piece crank and I used red lithium Greece which is used in bearings in GM vehicles and I had to tighten the bearing housing because they made a clicking sound when I tightened everything up it stopped clicking
That brown nasty sticky gunk on the race & bearing is I think called kreoslole something like that most Asian parts are shipped by see its meant to stop Corrosion from the salt water. In my automotive shop all my brake disks drums ect. Come covered in it on bearings I think they mix it with grease. I may be wrong. But I always clean & re grease all new bikes I get hope this helps. Peace
You absolute star.
Bought a second hand bike, it was new less than 3 years ago. And it had this style of crank, and everything else on it is non standard too.
Incredibly infuriating, can't find replacement parts.
Would you be able to use the bb from a one piece crank set ina 3 peice set ?
Thanks a lot! very informative. I was tightening it the whole time! lol
Thank you. It was very helpful.
could the grease been anti seize? you put anti seeze on threads to make them not rust. anyways thanks for the video it was exactly what i was looking for
of course for any type of freestyle a 2 or 3 piece crank is best. but for general riding a 1 piece would do. I have had my stock 1 piece bend on me riding dirt jumps on my first decent freestyle bmx. this is for people that might need advice in this area. They seem to be the same style as a freestyle 1 piece. I know they have 2 types of American bottom brackets such as this caged or loose ball bearing and sealed cartridge with cups installed. Typically not found in bmx anymore.
How often do you clean it
They still use those bearings on the cheaper bikes, I BMX so I have sealed.
Good video
Thumbs up
@010194jpable try using pliers or a wrench to unscrew the pedal
how do u get inside the bottom bracket? Do u turn it or u use a hammer or something to hit it loose?
this helped alot as i was stripping down an old bmx for the frame, but im stuck in one place, you see where the bearings sit. i want to remove that to put in a new style bottom bracket.
PLEASE HELP! :)
Thank you !
What size bearings?
how to change the chainring????????
Dude, you're awesome. You should do A.M radio. You could talk about bicycles and wild wild women.
good question, I wanna know too.
This is a "Ashtabula" One Piece Crank (O.P.C.) style bottom bracket crankset. An old style that was popular in America. You could update the title and/or details so that searches for the proper name can find your video more easily.
Great Video, thanks for posting.
Wow thank you sooo!! much. You made it so much easier thanks again =]
how do i remove the sprocket please help
my bike is all rusty
i tried unscrewing that nut but it was rusted over and wouldn't budge
i hit the end of the wrench with a hammer and it just bent
i didn't think of trying to turn it the other way
hello 12 yrs ago..😊 its july 2021 now😊 the covid-19 pandemic is still here
Thank u
Thanks man!!
err correction, the one piece cranks WAS the strongest. They tend to bend and snap for bmx bikes... its actualy the lightest cranks you can get. the strongest so far are Profile 3 piece cranks. Jus though you would like to know lol.
Why not replace the bearings?
hi man well i got my bmx bike about 9 mouths ago and i have 3piece cranks and the bottem bracket in this video. But i need a new bottem bracket and axal so can u sugest a bmx bottem bracket that will fit its a stolen getaway 07 bmx please help me thankyou
can replace a loose ball bottom bracket with mid sealed bearings
2019💯
Are you still doing vlogs ? This was years ago & my first time to see your video. GOD BLESS! 🙏😇
thanks for this video man, it turns out that my bmx has same cranks and locking shit as your bike does
aye what if u cant get that pedal bolt to unscrew.....in other words HELPP!!
I also used wd-40 for cleaning
thanks, helped a lot
what if when i remove the crank and some of the bearings fall ofg from the little circle thing
giovany coronel get new bearings
you rock- thank you!
No
mis sealed? What is that?
Gray color could be metal shavings due to an insufficient amount of grease in the BB.
muchas grasias amigo me suscribo me ayusdaste aaunke no se ingles pero me ayudaste
When i do this i USE park tool poly lube grease to regresses the inside of my one pice crank one of my friend did this to his BMX bike crank and used park tool poly lube and he said it made his BMX bike crank work like a brand new crank after he greased it with park tool bike grease
lol get a mis sealed...its soooooooooooo much better!! omg im so glad i spend the money on new cranks rather then having my shitty open bottom bracket thstam ade so much noise and came loose in like a day
I have a mid 70's bike same as this crank I'll try to clean it
rs:
at the point you said Aaah but that , same thing .
in between I you just blown my mind. cause if you were correct , I would die to know how did they do it :)
titanium will rival steel at i think pretty much anything... ?
I couldn't get the 2nd part to come off, after you use the wrench.
Those balls are toast!
hero
he said, microscopically
my pedal unscrewed when i was riding and stripped the crank arm. fml!
i wasnt being smart, i was just wondering
Water in oil turns it gray, maybe it's from water? If you ever check your engine oil and it's gray, BAD NEWS! Bad head gasket!