Who can do a Powertap bearing change?

Lewis Moon · #1 03-24-2019, 05:06 PM

I got an old Powertap SL+ in a bike deal but the bearings are roached. I replaced the bearings on another PT hub and it quit working about a week later. Does anyone other than Powertap replace bearings on PT hubs?

muz · #2 03-24-2019, 06:13 PM

I have replaced them myself with no issues. My suggestion? Replace them carefully. If it doesn't work, you can have PowerTap replace them and calibrate.

EDIT: I think I only replaced the non-drive side. This is the one that usually goes bad and is easier to replace, IIRC.

Lewis Moon · #3 03-24-2019, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by muz

I have replaced them myself with no issues. My suggestion? Replace them carefully. If it doesn't work, you can have PowerTap replace them and calibrate.

EDIT: I think I only replaced the non-drive side. This is the one that usually goes bad and is easier to replace, IIRC.

Yeah, I'm a little gun shy after the last time. It probably wasn't the bearing change, but the correlation...

kppolich · #4 03-24-2019, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Lewis Moon

I got an old Powertap SL+ in a bike deal but the bearings are roached. I replaced the bearings on another PT hub and it quit working about a week later. Does anyone other than Powertap replace bearings on PT hubs?

Contract Saris (powertap), they are good people.

oldpotatoe · #5 03-25-2019, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Lewis Moon

I got an old Powertap SL+ in a bike deal but the bearings are roached. I replaced the bearings on another PT hub and it quit working about a week later. Does anyone other than Powertap replace bearings on PT hubs?

A word of caution..100% of the time we changed the hub bearings..by smacking them out, the one under the FHB, the hub wouldn't work after we replaced the bearings(using a bearing press)..Saris recommends sending it back..I do too.