grade (and material) of ball bearings for freehub rebuild

**patrick** · #1 February 1st 18, 08:43 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech

I have an oem wheel that I'm having trouble replacing the freehub so I took apart the freehub and found .125" ball bearings. What grade of ball bearing will suffice for such an application. In addition , should I use carbon steel/chrome steel or stainless balls? Thanks Pat

**AMuzi** · #2 February 1st 18, 09:05 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech

On 2/1/2018 2:43 PM, patrick wrote:
I have an oem wheel that I'm having trouble replacing the freehub so I took apart the freehub and found .125" ball bearings. What grade of ball bearing will suffice for such an application. In addition , should I use carbon steel/chrome steel or stainless balls? Thanks Pat

They are called 1/8" and standard replacements are chrome
steel grade 25.

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**patrick** · #3 February 1st 18, 09:21 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech

On Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 12:43:09 PM UTC-8, patrick wrote:
I have an oem wheel that I'm having trouble replacing the freehub so I took apart the freehub and found .125" ball bearings. What grade of ball bearing will suffice for such an application. In addition , should I use carbon steel/chrome steel or stainless balls? Thanks Pat

Thanks Andrew, Regards, Pat

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