Remove rubber shields?

[wpc]

TSI does not work for ceramic bearings and salt will adhere strongly to the balls. Warm water rinsing is the best quick fix here.

interesting reading.. so TSI does not work on ceramic bearings? So it only stays on the stainless steel bearing races and not the balls? I wonder if that's still better than using some other sort of lube?

[alantani]

not sure.  it should work on the stainless steel races and cage for the ceramic bearings just fine.  not sure what would happen with the ceramic balls in the ceramic bearings, but it should work just fine on the stainless steel parts of the ceramic bearings.