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Old 06-18-19, 08:14 AM
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Trek BB86.5 bearing replacement

I've got a 2013 Madone 3 series. Looks like the BB is Trek's press-fit BB86.5 standard and I've got a SRAM GXP crankset on the bike. From what I can tell, I can just tap out the bearings from the shell using a bearing removal tool, and then pop the new ones in. The existing bearings are original and running rough/creaky.

Is it correct that I can just tap in the new bearings once the old ones are removed? I found the following on Park Tool's website:

The Trek® Bicycle Company uses a proprietary bottom bracket design on some model bikes called the BB90. The crankset system is effectively the BB92 style, however the bearings themselves are different (figure 12). The bearings have no plastic retainer or cups. These bearings are a mild press fit into the bottom bracket shell. The cartridge bearing are 37mm outside diameter and 24mm inside diameter to accept the Shimano® Hollowtech® II cranksets. For SRAM® GXP® cranks, the left bearing has a 22mm diameter.

The cranks are removed with normal procedures. Use the BBT-90.3 driver to tap out each bearing. The bearing seat inside the shell cannot be removed.


Slightly confused because my bike is apparently BB86.5 rather than BB90, so I wanted to make sure the procedure would be the same and that these bearings would fit-

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Enduro-SRAM...EAAOSw5V1bYIWL
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