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RIPLEY SWINGARM REMOVAL
RIPLEY SWINGARM REMOVAL
Note:
Special tools are needed to remove and
replace the Ripley bearings in the seattube
and in the swingarm. Please do not attempt
to remove and replace these bearings
without the tool.
Instructions on removal and re-installation
of the bearings using the Ibis Clemens Tool
(drawing to the right)
can be found in the
video above and on the Ibis website under
Support>Technical Articles>Ripley Bearing
Replacement.
You can purchase the tool
at our online store:
http://store.ibiscycles.
com/clemens-bearing-tool-for-ripley-p195.
aspx
To reinstall the swingarm, work in the
reverse order. If you are replacing the
eccentric bearings, be sure to clean the
bearing surfaces in the frame and the
bearings themselves, making sure the press
surfaces are free of any contamination
such as grease or oil. Apply a thin layer
of Loctite 680 retaining compound and
This information is shown in a video:
http://tinyurl.com/mfttd8o
use the Clemens tool to press in the
bearings. Let the bearing retainer
dry overnight before riding the bike
again. Add grease to the core when
reinstalling, and a lightly grease the
inner lip of the eccentric cap. Don’t
forget the two spacers that go between
the BB30 bearings in the seattube. The
chamfered hole on the cap aligns with
the threaded hole on the eccentric core.
Use blue loctite on the bolt.
Use a 12mm open end wrench to
align the eccentrics so that the flats
are horizontal and at the 9 o’clock
position when the frame is parallel
with the ground. Gently slide the
swingarm onto the eccentrics. Insert the
swingarm bolts, lower bolt from the non
drive side, upper from the drive side.
The conehead nut goes on the lower
bolt, on the drive side. Ride it and weep
(with joy).
