How to disassemble and clean your Rogue Fitness barbell

Rogue's Director of Product Developement Ahmik Jones explains, step-by-step, how to take apart, clean and reassemble a Rogue Fitness bushing barbell.*

* This process is only for bushing barbells. If you have a bearing barbell — the Rogue OLY Bar, Euro Bar, Froning Bearing bar — this process will not work.

[jasonjohnson]

Very nice, helpful tutorial. The overall process took around 20 minutes the first time cleaning my Rogue Bar 2.0 and it made the bar spin better than when it was new.

[champagnepapi]

You just taught me how to convert my Olympic barbell to a standard now I can curl my standard plates

[jkctucker]

Very well explained and easy to follow. Thanks Rogue!

[kejsarmakten]

Great video. Just followed the step and it is now spinning smooth again. (Bought wrong type of snap ring plier first (external snap ring instead of internal)).

[BikerMiceOne]

the rag has the same pattern as one of my boxers

[davel]

Many thanks for posting this. I have “The Rogue Bar”, purchased 2011, and this dramatically improved the spin. Spin is important for the Olympic lifts in particular.

It would be really helpful if you could list the make and model of the snap ring pliers in the description. I purchased a pair of Knipex 5.75-inch internal straight retaining ring pliers. I was able to get them to work, but they were too small, which made it way more difficult than it needed to be, and I think I basically destroyed the tips of the pliers in the process. The snap rings are way trickier to deal with than the video suggests. Obviously this guy has a lot of experience. (I now have half an hour of experience.)

One final note, be sure to get INTERNAL snap ring pliers. They make external ones too, which will not work at all.

[alexguerra]

Can't stress enough the importance of a set of durable snap ring pliers. Those snap rings are super hard to remove without a sturdy pair. Broke my first set of jaws and had to purchase a better set

[tjultica]

Would lithium grease be appropriate for bushings make contact? Great video, thanks for sharing

[greggeis]

Any advice on what lubricant to use? The Teflon spray in the video is much thinner than the factory grease. I imagine the spray attracts less buildup but probably doesn’t last as long. I noticed a difference in the sound, the spray is more metal on metal but spins a little faster with the lower viscosity but the lube sounds quieter, a little more dampened and refined. I was thinking maybe some white lithium grease for a heavier lube? Maybe use the spray in a dusty environment but expect to re-oil sooner and grease in a cleaner set it and forget it environment?

[quatie]

How often should you use 3 in 1 oil on a Barbell . It's my own bar I use in my garage. I Train 6 days a week. I don't put chalk directly on the bar. So how often should you wipe the chalk off and put the oil down the collars?

Thanks

[abetterwheyoflife]

why is this so fucking interesting to me. like have i been lifting too long

[qua]

I used this to replace the cheep tubing bar in my smith machine with a real one. To do this, one sleeve has to come off. For anyone attempting this, know the dimensions first for proper fitment.

[XRUBIM]

Nice, I will give this a try... my new Rogue Bar 2.0 spins pretty poorly on one side.

[cranebeg]

So what about bearing bars? Got one here with stiff rotation..

[snapfest]

What about the original Echo bars that have no snap rings? I can’t remove the sleeves. Seem to have made a bar that can’t be fixed or maintained?

[agdrd]

can you made a video to disassemble and clean a bearing barbell ?? please?

[owezchippa]

Greetings Of the day!
I hail from Mumbai in India and by profession I am a Cabin Crew.I have looked for the whole of YouTube and google however there is no video on the maintenance, replacement of the bushing or bearing which make the Barbell Spin and even if There is a barbell which has no bearing can a bushing be installed if yes the demonstration because I have recently purchased an affordable Olympic barbell with no ambushing or bearing and Like me there are many people I believe who may benefit. Since the Expertise that you have and the First video which I happen to see of yours is the Russian Rogue Barbell after which I started Following your Videos. So if You happen to Read this In Detail and possible at your end. Because as I said no one has done a video on this Detail.
Thanks and Regards.

[jas_remodeled]

I conditioned my raw-steel bar with a rust dissolver, then added the 3-in-1 oil. The next day my bar was already brown and rusty. I think its flash rust: do I just need to use more oil next time? Also: can you use rifle blue to recolor the barbell if it's patina is brown???

[markalanchan]

removed the first snap right but can't get the end cap out... any suggestions? thanks!

[daltonramsey]

Is it normal for the snap ring to not be perfectly flat? The first time I removed mine I noticed that ends of the snap ring where you insert the pliers seemed like they weren’t in line with the rest of the snap ring. It still fits into the bar just fine but I’m the kind of person who worries about the tiny amount of wear created by the friction of it expanding into the groove when putting it back in there lol you can see where the cerakote has worn off around the groove that the ring goes into.
I also want to encourage everyone to use quality pliers. I bought cheap ones with interchangeable heads the first time and the ring kept coming from off of them before it was completely removed and scratched some coating off of the sleeve. I like wear from actual use but stuff like this is just annoying.