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Joined: 22 May 2008 Posts: 1

Hello i have Heelys Adult Streak: http://www.heelys.com/product.aspx?product_id=36&color_id=4.
It has ABEC 1 Wheels. can i change wheels into ABEC 7 or 5?

Joined: 22 Feb 2007 Posts: 1548 Location: Ohio

the abec isn't in the wheels. You need to buy some abec5 or abec7 skateboard bearings to put in your wheels.

Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 469 Location: Ol' Virginny

Yep... just ebay yourself some 608 bearings in whatever 'ABEC' you want and rock on. You can also pick up some Speed Formula Performance wheels or Diamond Cuts and get yourself a harder compound urethane wheel as well as ABEC 7s from Skates.com. I'd love to hear some feedback from someone who bought some SFPs.

Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 223 Location: Warshington, USA

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Streaks use fats, and therefore have 688 micro-bearings. Also, they don't have coin axles in the box, and are therefore VERY difficult to replace. IMHO, you should buy a set of replacement wheels from a retailer that carries them. Replacements are available with ABEC 7 bearings in them, and even have coin axles.

I'm confident in this information because I got Streaks for my boys, and purchased replacement wheels for them so that they could have better bearings.

Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 469 Location: Ol' Virginny

I think it varies from shoe to shoe. I looked up the Streaks and somewhere it said they had 608s BUT best bet is to look at the bearing itself and look for either a 608 or 688 stamped on the shield. I'm pretty sure my Vapors had 608s but Lo and Ev's Fats both have 688s. 608=typical skateboard bearing, 688=micro inline bearing. OR you can just click on the linkypoo I put for Skates.com and buy some SFP wheels and be done with it. SFPs come with 608s, have a harder/faster compound, and they have flames on the side! How pimp is that?!? Lol.

Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 469 Location: Ol' Virginny

I stand corrected... both Lo and Ev's DO have 608s. I can't remember WHAT came with 688s but I know something did. I don't think it was my Vapors though. Maybe it was something we were looking at in a store somewhere. So the count so far is :

3 Pair of Fats w/ 608s
4 Pair of Megas w/608s
1 Pair of BD's w/ 608s

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i think the person asked if he could get the abec 5 or abec 7 REPLACEMENT wheels.

@original poster, yeah you can, just make sure you get fats and that the wheel corresponds to your size, 12-6 is small fats, 7-8 is medium fats, 9-12 is large fats.

if that wasnt the case and you wanted to replace the bearings, then i honestly dont understand your question...streaks take 608, but you need a c-clip remover to remove the c-clip and then replace the bearings.

BUying new wheels and replacing the bearings comes to being around teh same price with buying new wheels coming to be a bit cheaper at 15$ (9$ in some places)