How to Make the Wheels on You Inline Hockey Skates Spin like New Again

Anyone that has ever owned a pair of inline skates or simply just rollerblades has noticed that overtime their bearings start to slow down and in some cases eventually seize up. The main and obvious reason for this is that overtime dust, dirt, and sometimes water build up in the bearings, causing more and more friction. As the friction continues to grow your wheels will gradually spin less and less. However there is a simple way to make those bearings spin almost like new again, that involves spending only a few dollars.

Some people insist on purchasing all new bearings once they start to have trouble with their current ones. This method is alright, if you feel you have the money to dish out. Like I said before though, there is a simple way to fix your bearings for very cheap. The first thing you are going to need to do is pop your bearings out. I personally like to use a pen to do this. It seems to be one of the easiest and safest ways to get the bearings out of the wheels. You want to try and avoid using anything metal to take them out, with the main reason that metal won't give, and could potentially leave dents in your bearings.

Once the bearings are all out, you're going to want to simply clean them to the best of your ability with just a paper towel. Do not use any liquids, especially water. The main goal at this point is just to get as much of the dust and grime out of the bearings as possible. If you have things stuck in crevices in the bearings you may want to use a toothpick to try and get some of the stuff out. Again you don't want to use anything metal because you could ruin the bearings.

After you have them all cleaned up to the best of your ability you're going to want to put them all in a single plastic disposable cup that you are willing to eventually throw away. Now that you have all the bearings together you need to apply some sort of lubricant to the cup and bearings. Any type of product designed to loosen up metal products will work. I personally use WD-40 because it is cheap, and is designed to repel water.