Headset Maintenance 101 | How To Overhaul Your Headset Bearings

Published on January 13th 2018

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If your headset is grinding, gritty and mucky, your bearings might not be in the best shape. Doddy's got a full run through on how to strip your headset, degrease and clean your bearings, re-grease them properly and re-assemble the whole unit! Subscribe to GMBN: http://gmbn.eu/subscribe Get exclusive GMBN gear in the GMBN store! http://gmbn.eu/Eg Ever thought that creaking noise could be dirt making it's way under your crown race? Did you realise that by over-greasing your bearings in the wrong places you could be attracting dirt and preventing the bearing from spinning as fast and free as it should? Check out this handy guide to all things headset! If you'd like to contribute captions and video info in your language, here's the link 👍 http://gmbn.eu/Ef 🎵 Zebra Style 2 - Martin Landh - Epidemic Sounds 🎵 Watch more on GMBN... Grease Explained: http://gmbn.tech/grease 📹 Go Tubeless! http://gmbn.eu/5reasonstogotubeless 📹 Brought to you by the world’s largest mountain bike channel, the Global Mountain Bike Network (GMBN), GMBN Tech goes deeper into the bikes, kit and technology stories that help fuel your rides. Our mission is to help you discover, dial-in and get the best from the latest cutting edge bikes and technology available. With news and rumours, first ride exclusives, how-tos, the weekly GMBN Tech Show wrapping up and showcasing the week’s biggest tech stories, and more besides, if it’s off-road tech, it’s in. Every week, of every month we seek out, showcase, and ride the newest gear and innovations from across the globe in an authoritative, inspiring and entertaining way to help you get the best from your rides. And when we’re not riding, we get geeky in an accessible, easy-to-understand way about forks. And shocks. And more to help you setup and maintain your bikes perfectly. Engage with us every week on the channel and across social media – we’re here to answer every question you’ve got on mountain biking tech. Facebook - http://gmbn.tech/gmbntechfb Instagram - http://gmbn.tech/gmbntechinsta Twitter - http://gmbn.tech/gmbntechtwitte