Heelychat, the forum for heelys, the shoes with wheels - View topic - One of my wheels dosnt spin as long as the other, Help

Joined: 05 Apr 2007 Posts: 7

WHen i spin one wheel it spins for ages but when i spin the other it dosnt does this matter and if so how can i fix it?

if you just got em recently then dont worry takes a while for both to spin at the same speed.

If you got em a while back dont worry 1 wheel will always look faster then the other but thats not the case, when you use them they should still roll at the same speed.

If worst comes then just replace the bearings. Unless your hearing a loud angry squrell noise then its time for replacement wheels.

In the meanwhile the wheels should be fine ive had my megas since christmas and 1 spins faster then the other and longer but the theyrre both at the same speed. And if one is slower wait till one of your friends or relatives gets a pair and switch out their wheel for your messed up one.

Joined: 05 Apr 2007 Posts: 7

ok its just my sisters spin mega slow and she cant go nearly as fast as me. i think she has difernt wheels but

.....i dont think you know the concept of bearings........

bearings are the little cricle thing in your wheels. On the small FATS wheels its usually green. bearings are rated by ABEC 1 being the lowest and i dont nkow whats the highest. I know on heelys the highest is 7 meaning YELLOW bearings. The lowest is abec 1 green bearings. Abec 3 are supposed to be blue bearings but some people are saying they've seen them in green. Abec 5 is RED bearings. So if you have YELLOW bearings? Thats right your faster then somebody with GREEN bearings, and of course your wheels are gunna spin better and longer. so what have we learned?

abec1=GREEN
abec3=BLUE (sometimes green)
abec5=RED
abec7=YELLOW

Also remember the higher the abec rating the lower the precision rate, so it might actually be better to have slow, precise abec 1's then have Fast and easily broken abec 9's (not listed but felt like saying)

Joined: 05 Apr 2007 Posts: 7

Ok........ is the colour part the part around where the axle is?

Dont worry i figured it out mine are only abec 1s Sad