Is this a thrust button and can it be removed?

abodyjoe said

bla bla bla... i've run them for many years and have never had an issue. hell the set i took out of the dart a couple years ago were in the rear since the mid 90's and are still fine.

as far as birdsong goes, you don't know what the hell he has done with things.. he does some real hach **** at times.

that bullshit is so over blown.. probably as bad as the B,F,J,M,R body spindle debate was over tthe years.

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Is it possible that the bearings you got years ago were better quality?
Maybe.

I take all the YouTubers with a grain of salt, and some are so hack I have to change the channel, so please don’t think I fall for everything anyone else says or does.
Speaking from first hand knowledge on the bearings but it’s great that you don’t have problems with them.

Oh, and the main point of posting Birdsongs video was that he hates them so much it was funny how passionate he was about it.