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So got these pulleys included on a Mini S, appears they are boostedguy brand.
Tried initially to use a flat screwdriver and pop them out.
Nope!
Then I used a flat punch and a 5lb mini sledge.
Nope!
Today I froze them to make the bearing smaller, sprayed it liberally with PB Blaster and used a punch.
Finally got it destroying the bearing in the process.
After removing the greasy, road grime, bearings. They appeared to have plastic, on the inside where the bearing rested against the walls acting as wedge holding in the bearing. Anybody seen this before? On their website boosted guys says they preinstall their bearings.

Picked up another Mini X for the Fleet🫡
And have 4 RLOD XR Batteries ready to get revived. 2 of them are mine and 2 are a local homey.
Just waiting for this Bert Touch to get started😇
I’ve only owned 1 Mini X since 2018 and decided to give it a tune up for the summer. But with current prices on Marketplace for used boards, the deals are too good to pass up🙌🏽
So now I have 2 Mini X and 1 Mini S, which is getting a Mini X ESC and XR battery so its gonna be a Mini X also lol. Plus I have Blue Cags, full metal pulleys, Aluminum Skid plates, and another set of Stealth metal pulleys, plus new motors and bearing kits. So I think I ‘m set for spares.

Had to buy some simple green before I ran the maiden voyage of the Vibra-Box.
Which was rusty, crunchy, road grime filled wheel bearings and small hardware😈.
I heated the water to boiling on the stove prior to using ultrasonic, so it was hot and not waiting to heat up. Water was poured into the Ultrasonic cleaner. The temperature was almost 200F (3rd pic)
I used a plastic water bottle to minimize amount simple green used.
(Do not cap the bottle, heat and gas will cause expansion) It could have gone bad but bottle held and didn’t pop.
After the 30 minute cycle the parts were visibly cleaner, grease and rust free. Temperature was also still almost 200f so the heater works👍(last pic)
I did find the black oxide coating on
the hardware was removed👀
Overall I think it did what I was hoping for and then some🤓👏🤓👏
Bearings barely spun and crunchy before the bath, afterwards they spin freely and and will see how they do after lube and let them sit for a night.
I can probably avoid simple green and just use hot water on the small hardware thats painted and do shorter time to avoid removing black oxide coating. I will get some black oxide cream and recoat the nuts to make them black then oil them and reseal them to keep them from rusting. The simple green had a visible layer of grime and grease floating on the top layer and the overall color was saturated with the gunk. So it obviously helped remove stuff from all the nooks ans crannies😎

Purchased a new ultrasonic cleaner. Told the Waifu, it was to clean our jewelry, eyeglasses, resin print cast……….. Honestly I got it to clean my wheel bearings 😂😈😂😈