A Guide to bicycle bearings, for bicycles made before 1958
The charts below list the ball bearing retainers used by most American bicycles before 1958. As I have time, I will add more information to this page.
|
Bicycles |
Head |
Hanger |
| Arnold Schwinn & Co. |
73 or 9714 |
64 or 66 |
| Cleveland Welding Co. |
52 |
66 |
| Colson Evans |
52 |
66 |
| Manton & Smith Co. (Gold Eagle) |
73 |
66 |
| Monark Silver King |
73 |
66 |
| Murray-Ohio Mfg. Co. |
73 |
66 |
| Rollfast |
49 or 52 |
66 |
| Huffman Mfg. Co. (Dayton) |
52 |
66 |
| Shelby Cycle Co. |
73 |
66 |
| H. P. Snyder Mfg. Co. |
49 or 52 |
66 |
| Westfield (Columbia) |
49 or 52 |
66 |
|
Coaster Brakes |
Small |
Large |
| Bendix |
19 |
42 |
|
Bendix Multi Speed Unit |
42 and 68 |
MS38 |
| Monark |
16 |
42 |
| Morrow |
23 |
55 and 68 |
| Musselman |
23 |
37M |
| New Departure Model A |
24 |
46 |
| New Departure C & D |
D-20 |
D-16 |
| New Departure 2/speed Conversion Unit |
19 |
| Perry 2 Star |
|
55 |
|
Front Hubs |
| Arnold Schwinn & Co. Old |
5 |
| Arnold Schwinn & Co. |
7 |
| Arnold Schwinn & Co. Fore Wheel Brake |
10 |
| Bendix Regular |
7 |
| Bendix Heavy Duty |
23 |
| Colson Old |
5 |
|
Monark Silver King |
10 |
| Murray-Ohio Old |
13 |
| Murray-Ohio |
7 |
| New Departure Old WL Model |
WL-20 |
| New Departure W |
W-20 |
| New Departure Y |
Y-20 |
| Westfield Old |
6 |
| Westfield |
13 |
Bearing Retainers
|
No. |
# Of Balls |
Size |
| #5 |
7 |
3/16 |
| #6 |
7 |
3/16 |
| #7 |
6 |
7/32 |
| #8 |
5 |
1/4 |
| #10 |
5 |
1/4 |
| #13 |
7 |
1/4 |
| #16 |
7 |
1/4 |
| #19 |
7 |
1/4 |
| #23
| 8 |
1/4 |
| #24 |
5 |
5/16 |
| #37 |
9 |
1/4 |
| #37M |
10 |
1/4 |
| #38 |
17 |
5/32 |
| #39 |
14 |
3/16 |
| #42 |
10 |
1/4 |
| #46 |
8 |
5/16 |
#49 |
15 |
3/16 |
| #51 |
15 |
3/16 |
| #52 |
15 |
3/16 |
| #55 |
11 |
1/4 |
| #64 |
9 |
5/16 |
| #66 |
10 |
5/16 |
| #68 |
12 |
1/4 |
| #73 |
17 |
5/32 |
Most bearing retainers should be available through a local bicycle store. Please support your local bicycle store. If you cannot locate the bearings that you need locally, please contact me, I may have them. In most cases one can use loose balls instead of a retainer. The same size balls must be used. Without a retainer, more balls are necessary. The way to determine the correct numbr of balls is to install as many as fit and then remove one.
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Created on 1/27/2005