Hub service drama

[Milzy]

I had new bearings fitted to a wheel. When I got it home it was very out of true.
Why didn’t they put it in the stand after using pulling tools?

 

[T4tomo]

Probably a question for them rather than us....

 

[Big John]

What sort of bearings? Whether they're sealed bearings or loose ball bearings I can't think of an instance where I could screw up the trueness of a wheel. If you take it back they'll swear it wasn't them.

 

[gbb]

No obvious reason why replacing ball or cartridge bearings would put a wheel out of true surely ?

 

[fritz katzenjammer]

No obvious reason why replacing ball or cartridge bearings would put a wheel out of true surely ?

Unless they hammered them in on the floor. I’d question the worth of those bearings now.

I used to work with this guy, Matt The Mallet. Could never be bothered to find the press, he used to just bash them in including pressed in bottom bracket bearings in carbon frames.

we fired his butt.

but he’s still out there…

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Is it out of true or off-centre. If the latter, I think I understand what went wrong.