Ball bearings are one of the best upgrade you can do to your cars. Bearings reduce resistance in your drive train, which leads to your car running longer, faster and cooler than ever before. These little miracle devices come in different types, sizes, materials, with different seals and many other variations. The one thing they do have in common is that they all require some maintenance. In many cases, bearings also come packed with huge amounts of grease. This grease is not necessarily bad for the bearings, but it does slow them down.

The following tutorial will show you how to properly clean and lube the bearings in your car. It is a very simple process that requires little effort and that can yield great results where it matters most.

• Acetone (or other solvent such as Denatured Alcohol)
• Royal Oil
• Ball Bearings
• Ball Bearing Cleaning Set
• Paper Towels

Start by pouring some acetone into the cleaning bottle. The more and bigger the bearings, the more solvent you will need.

Drop the ball bearings inside the nifty PN Racing wire mesh cage, which sits inside the solvent.

Shake vigorously!!!

Let them soak for a while. This is done so the solvent can get into the bearing and wash out all the nasty, dirty lube inside.

After a while pull out the mesh cage out of the bottle. Use a paper towel underneath to ensure that the solvent that spills doesn't ruin Mom's/Wife's/GF's coffee table.

You can now dump the bearings onto the paper towel that you placed on the table. The paper towel will also soak up any of the remaining solvent on the bearings.

Once dry take some light bearing oil such as Trinty's Royal Oil and put ONE drop in each bearing. One drop should be more than enough to keep them lubed until next time you clean them.

There you go! Your bearings are ready to re-install in your car.

Over-lubing your bearings actually makes your car less efficient since gunk will build up around the oil you put on the bearings. This is an unnecessary practice that only makes a big mess in your cars so follow the lubing directions accurately.