Luminous
Luminous 8/6 mm reducing spacer for light-up wheels (1 pc)
8 mm → 6 mm · aluminium · 1 pc
50 products
The spacer between the bearings must match the wheel hub to a tenth of a millimetre — otherwise the bearings bind. We can measure it for you.
Luminous
8 mm → 6 mm · aluminium · 1 pc
Stelior12 sizes
10.05 mm · 8 mm axle · 608 bearings
Stelior12 sizes
10.15 mm · 8 mm axle · 608 bearings
Stelior12 sizes
10.25 mm · 8 mm axle · 608 bearings
Stelior12 sizes
10.35 mm · 8 mm axle · 608 bearings
Stelior12 sizes
10.3 mm · 8 mm axle · 608 bearings
Stelior12 sizes
10.45 mm · 8 mm axle · 608 bearings
Stelior12 sizes
10.4 mm · 8 mm axle · 608 bearings
Stelior12 sizes
10.5 mm · 8 mm axle · 608 bearings · aluminium
Stelior12 sizes
9.97 mm · 8 mm axle · 608 bearings
FR Skates
aluminium · length to choose · silver
Stelior12 sizes
10.1 mm · 8 mm axle · 608 bearings · aluminium
Stelior12 sizes
10.2 mm · 8 mm axle · 608 bearings
Stelior12 sizes
10.0 mm · 8 mm axle · 608 bearings · aluminium
FR Skates4 colours
one-piece axle · aluminium · black
FR Skates4 colours
one-piece axle · aluminium · red
FR Skates4 colours
one-piece axle · aluminium · silver
FR Skates4 colours
one-piece axle · aluminium · gold
FR Skates
one-piece axle · aluminium · 35.5 mm · silver
Stelior
8 mm axle · one-piece · 34/35/36 mm · alu 7000 · 4 mm Allen key
FR Skates
1 pcs · dwuczęściowa, eccentric · 8 mm · pozycje 1 i 4 w szynach NEO · Allen key 4 mm
FR Skates
1 pcs · jednoczęściowa · 35 mm × 8 mm · Allen key 4 mm · steel, black matt
FR Skates
1 pcs · dwuczęściowa · stałe uniesienie 1 mm · red · do szyn FR z osiami regulowanymi
A spacer keeps the two bearings in a wheel at a fixed distance, so that a tightened axle doesn’t squeeze them from the sides. With a spacer that’s too short, the wheel slows down when you tighten the axle. With one that’s too long, the bearings don’t seat properly and the wheel has side-to-side play.
Tighten the axle fully and spin the wheel. If it turns as freely as with a slightly loosened axle and has no side play, the spacer is fine.
The nominal spacer length with 608 bearings is about 10.25 mm. However, wheel hubs from different manufacturers differ by tenths of a millimetre, so precision spacers come in several lengths. If you have nothing to measure with, we’ll do it with a micrometer as part of our wheel hub measurement and spacer matching service.
Most skates have 8 mm axles and spacers shaped like a plain tube. With 6 mm axles the spacer has flanges that go into the bearings and reduce the bore. Measure your axle before you order.
Axles are matched to a specific frame: length, thread and mounting method all matter, so the surest option is to give us your skate model. Light-up wheels have their own magnetic spacer. More on bearings and spacers: inline skate bearings: ABEC, ILQ, Swiss.
Yes. Without it a tightened axle squeezes the bearings from the sides and the wheel stops spinning freely.
Nominally about 10.25 mm with 608 bearings. Wheel hubs differ between manufacturers by tenths of a millimetre, so it’s best to measure the distance between the bearing seats.
The wheel spins freely with a loose axle and slows down noticeably after you tighten it. A spacer that’s too long gives the wheel side play.
Measure the axle diameter with a calliper or look at the spacer. A spacer with flanges that go into the bearings is for a 6 mm axle, a plain tube for 8 mm.