re-greasing wheel bearings on SM PRO dirt wheels?

I posted this under wheels but thought it might be get a faster response here. I'm attempting to re-grease my wheel bearings on my SM PRO dirt wheels. Normally I would use a large screw driver to pop off the SPACER ("oil") SEAL but the axle sleeve (correct term?) sticks out beyond the seal. This makes it impossible to get the screw driver in at the correct angle. I did pop one off but it caused the seal to deform. Anyone have a solution? Of course the manual says to replace the seals each time you repack... Thanks

yaw wrote:

I posted this under wheels but thought it might be get a faster response here. I'm attempting to re-grease my wheel bearings on my SM PRO dirt wheels. Normally I would use a large screw driver to pop off the SPACER ("oil") SEAL but the axle sleeve (correct term?) sticks out beyond the seal. This makes it impossible to get the screw driver in at the correct angle. I did pop one off but it caused the seal to deform. Anyone have a solution? Of course the manual says to replace the seals each time you repack... Thanks

Your best bet is to call wheeling cycle and ask them. There are only a hand full of folks on here running those wheels and I'm sure few of them have gotten to the bearing maintenance mileage yet.

>"Of course the manual says to replace the seals each time you repack... Thanks"

Had some dirt bikes that way before. Just buy some seal kits and replace them when you repack.