How Do You Rotate Wheels On In-Line Skates?
Rotate your wheels to wear them out evenly and make them last longer. Number your wheels 1 to 4 from toe to heel. Go ahead and use a pen to mark them, making sure to make all marks on the same side of the wheels, or use numbered pieces of tape stuck to each wheel. Do this for both skates. Remove the bolts from the wheels and take them all off. Use a rag to clean off the bearing housings of each wheel. Take a moment to wipe down the skate housing for the wheels. This has nothing to do with the rotation process; it’s just a perfect opportunity to remove some of that grease and dirt. Reverse the positions of wheels 1 and 3, and of wheels 2 and 4. (In other words, wheel 1 goes where wheel 3 used to be, and vice versa.) Put the wheels back on the skates, making sure to switch them from your left skate onto your right skate and vice versa. The wheels should face the opposite way as well – if the wheel’s number was on the outside, it should now be on the inside. Put the bolts back on and tigh
