Visionary films set in the technologically advanced future have long imagined cars that ride around on frictionless orbs similar to Star Wars’ BB-8. We aren’t there yet, as cars still use wheels and ...

Tucked away inside our wheels, hidden by bearing shields and truck bolts, are the unsung heroes of the skateboard: the bearings. These ABEC soldiers are the only protection against all the dust, dirt ...

Women's Health may earn commission from the links on this page, but we only feature products we believe in. Why Trust Us? The best inline skates feature a quality boot (the skate’s actual shoe) and ...

Wheels turning at 800 revolutions per mile can generate a lot of friction and heat. Roller-type or ball bearings packed in grease inside all four wheel hubs allow wheels to spin freely without ...

Typically, wheel bearings are like Simon and Garfunkel (or Disturbed, if you prefer) and omit "The Sound of Silence." Not the song, that'd be annoying, but actual silence. However, when wheel bearings ...

If you have disc brakes and you have to remove the caliper to get the disc off the spindle in order to get at the inner bearings, I think that you should inspect and pack them only under supervision ...

In North American interchange, journal roller bearings removed from an axle, whether for bearing-, wheel- or axle-related ...

Invented in the 1700s, roller skates became a huge fad after an 1863 innovation made them easier to control. It sparked the first (of many) skating crazes. In the 1880s as the roller-skating craze ...