Grom Freeride Sled: 2020 Rocky Mountain Altitude XS 26" 7

That's real nice! Since you mentioned doing the bearings, any specific tools used for that? I'm thinking particularly of the blind chainstay ones.

Yeah frame was used and I wanted to get fresh bearings in all of it. The only bearings that are blind are the two for the lower main pivot. The chainstay bearings etc can all just be pressed out from behind. I used the AltAlt bearing set to do almost all of it and certainly re-install them all. Rocky Mountain has a decent manual with drawings that show the exploded view, bearings and also torque values.

1- Chainstay bearings, linkage bearings: The AltAlt can press them out
2- Main pivot blind bearings - I used a blind bearing puller from Motion Pro and its smallest collet. Worked great. That being said, its an expensive too. Thankfully there is a metal spacer between the two bearings. It has 4 notches in it (two on each side) that a flathead screw drive or other punch could be used to slowly knock them out. AltAlt does the install. When you install, do the drive side first and don't overpress them as the spacer needs to fit in there and it does provide some preload on the bearings. You don't just smash both bearings in all the way otherwise they are overloaded.

3- The shock eyelet bearings - these are easiest to remove with a vise with softjaws (not the add-on softjaws but legit sawjaws built in or a simple wood vise). You clamp the eyelet and rotate it until the bearing cup comes out. Then you can use the AltAlt and the metal spacer to press out the bearings and install them.

Thank you for all the details! I'm planning to do bearings and paint at the same time next winter.

Great job Dad and whoever else was/is involved in this build. Finding good rides for small size light weight shredders can be challenging.

Thanks man. Its hard to find any kid bike these days let alone something that's solid. Thankfully the Manitou/Hayes/Protaper/Sunringle group have some super dads on their product development teams that are making Kids stuff. Its so legit.

Are you adopting any time soon??? I wipe my own ass??

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