Where to buy headset cartridge bearings?

chakattack

Are there any good places in Dublin or online to buy cartridge bearings for an alpina headset? Wouldn't mind getting a better quality cartridge as this one is screwed after 1 year with regreasing every 2 months or so.

I'm pretty sure it uses the campagnolo hiddenset standard of 41.8 45 deg - 45 deg angular contact bearings.

What I have is a token cartridge with "418ACD 45degx45deg 41.8 x 30.2 x - 09G" stamped on the side.

I can find replacement headsets cheap enough but I just need the lower bearing.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

tomasrojo

Chain Reaction Cycles sell headset cartridge bearings. Not sure whether they stock the ones you want.

I was looking at these ones before:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=2037

GTDolanator

there is an engineering place in the dublin industrial glasnevin that sell cartridge bearings,i cant remeber the name but im sure someone will be along with it,great service and only a few cent for 6000's,they do all manner of sizes too

chakattack

GTDolanator wrote: »

there is an engineering place in the dublin industrial glasnevin that sell cartridge bearings,i cant remeber the name but im sure someone will be along with it,great service and only a few cent for 6000's,they do all manner of sizes too

Sounds great thanks! Anyone know the name of these guys?

Hungrycol

I took apart my headset on Saturday to figure out where the grinding was coming from and sure enough I need a new lower cartridge bearing. Here's what I took out but I'm not sure what to replace it with...


Would these fit? The middle ones: 45/45*41.8 Drop In - I don't understand what the 30.5 means when you zoom in on the bearing picture on CRC.

They're defo drop-ins cos the alu headset is machined to fit them as is.

Thanks....

triggermortis

online option could be BETD - I got a replacement frame bearing kit from them recently. Can't remember the web address but just google BETD. It's a mountain bike site, but they do all sorts of bearing kits, you might be in luck

pprendeville

GTDolanator wrote: »

there is an engineering place in the dublin industrial glasnevin that sell cartridge bearings,i cant remeber the name but im sure someone will be along with it,great service and only a few cent for 6000's,they do all manner of sizes too

I can vouch for this company (Rotate Ltd) having dealt with them a lot when I was working which seems along long time ago. They are distributors for a lot of bearing manufacturers. Just call them first with a description of what your looking for. They have a trade counter. If I remember correctly take first righ after woodies on way into estate. They're first premises on RHS.