Do all roller blade bearings have a removable sheild?

I have Mission 500 Helium skates and i tried taking off the bearing shield to clean them ....but they are almost impossible to take off...i was wondering if they can come off...or im i just working my *** off for nothing

Do all roller blade bearings have a removable sheild?
Not all do. Some are called non-serviceable. However, although it takes work to remove them and you cannot put them back, the non-servicable shields can be removed. You take out one and reassemble the bearings with the open side to the inside of the wheel.





The non-serviceable shields have small radial slits around the outside edge. To remove them, you need to punch a hole into them without dammaging the cage around the balls inside and pry it out.





If you have a metal removable shield, there is a very small C clip on the outside. You should be able to feel the gap in it by tracing around the outside with a pin.


Then use the pin to pick at the end of the C clip to remove it.


Many of the C clips have the ends cut at an angle. One end will be much easier to pick out with the pin than the other. So if one end doesn%26#039;t seem to help, try the other.
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