How to remove Bearing from Orbea Wild 2025

[Hugo Ramos]

Hello,

I need your help with the following:

I’m trying to replace bearing 3.1. As you can see in the image, there is a “circlip” 2.3 being used to secure part 2.1.

I can’t access the circlip 2.3—it’s not visible at all, and part 2.1 won’t budge no matter what I try!

I’m wondering if everything comes out together, but I’d like to know if anyone else has gone through the same thing and can confirm my theory!

Best Regards,
HR

 

[VWsurfbum]

Following, as had same issue. ended up getting bearings done at shop (First time ive paid someone to work on my bike in 20 years)

 

[Youfirst]

Hello,

I need your help with the following:

I’m trying to replace bearing 3.1. As you can see in the image, there is a “circlip” 2.3 being used to secure part 2.1.

I can’t access the circlip 2.3—it’s not visible at all, and part 2.1 won’t budge no matter what I try!

I’m wondering if everything comes out together, but I’d like to know if anyone else has gone through the same thing and can confirm my theory!


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Best Regards,
HR

2.1 must have seized onto 3.1 bearing's inner race, so 2.1 would need to be pressed out in order for circlip 2.3 to be exposed. Then once 2.1 and 2.3 are out of the way, bearing 3.1 can then be pressed out.

Or...see also VWsurfbum's suggestion.

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[Robson]

There's a notch on part 2.1 you need to rotate 2.1 until it's lined up correctly. Then push it out.
Then you will see the circlip 2.3 that secures bearing 3.1
Left side..

 

[Hugo Ramos]

There's a notch on part 2.1 you need to rotate 2.1 until it's lined up correctly. Then push it out.
Then you will see the circlip 2.3 that secures bearing 3.1
Left side..

Thanks for the tip; I'll see if I can do it that way.

 

[Hugo Ramos]

After purchasing a kit to figure out how everything was installed inside the frame, I realized that part 2.1 just needed to be pulled out and wasn’t secured by anything; I used the tool to remove the bearings, and the part 2.1 came out easily. Retaining ring 2.3 is only there to secure the bearing.
I hope this helps

 

[Youfirst]

After purchasing a kit to figure out how everything was installed inside the frame, I realized that part 2.1 just needed to be pulled out and wasn’t secured by anything; I used the tool to remove the bearings, and the part 2.1 came out easily. Retaining ring 2.3 is only there to secure the bearing.
I hope this helps

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Excellent documentation and explanation. Thanks for the follow up.

 

[fabio77]

Hello, about the wild linkage main bearings: how can they be removed? There’s no flat surface to rest a drift/puller against for extraction. In fact, only the inner side of the link is flat. The outer side, which is where the bearing has to be extracted from, isn’t. Could it be possible to use a washer against the inner side and press out the bearing on the opposite side? My concern is that doing it this way might crack the link

 

[Robson]

Hello, about the wild linkage main bearings: how can they be removed? There’s no flat surface to rest a drift/puller against for extraction. In fact, only the inner side of the link is flat. The outer side, which is where the bearing has to be extracted from, isn’t. Could it be possible to use a washer against the inner side and press out the bearing on the opposite side? My concern is that doing it this way might crack the link

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[Youfirst]

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Obtain an internal bearing puller and pull the bearing using the flat inner surface.

 

[Youfirst]

the surface is not flat...The surface in the picture before is flat but the bearings enters from the opposite one.

Sorry, I misread your message. There may be a puller cup made (check with Orbea) specifically for your application. Or, if you're handy, fab a soft puller cup from wood or nylon so as to adapt to your angled surface on the link, and rest a puller on, without causing damage.

 

[skizzian]

these guys do a kit https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/132791503413?var=434285084516

but I'm skint so I might get these instead https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/406722848507

if anybody has experience with either let us know how it went...

doesn't look like the links are working, so here are screenshots

 

[fabio77]

Sorry, I misread your message. There may be a puller cup made (check with Orbea) specifically for your application. Or, if you're handy, fab a soft puller cup from wood or nylon so as to adapt to your angled surface on the link, and rest a puller on, without causing damage.

Thank you. What do you think if I use the flat inner surface of the opposite bearing shell (flat) in order to push the other bearings out? Something like this video:

 

[Youfirst]

Thank you. What do you think if I use the flat inner surface of the opposite bearing shell (flat) in order to push the other bearings out? Something like this video:

You can use that method if you use a clamp or soft jaw vice to secure the link’s lower flanges, which would prevent the link from spreading and distorting (from the pressing pressure).

 

[fabio77]

You can use that method if you use a clamp or soft jaw vice to secure the link’s lower flanges, which would prevent the link from spreading and distorting (from the pressing pressure).

This is my concern: the issue is that using a press against the flange prevents the bearings from being pressed out. The only viable solution seems to be a conventional bearing puller, possibly with the swingarm still attached to the frame at the other pivot locations.