Perils of buying 2nd hand and goings on in my garage

[biggs682]

Having had another look at the headset but it is one piece affair hence why they wouldn't separate, all sorted now just needs a fine tune on the freeplay .

Swapped the front marathon out for another marathon that I have a matching one for the rear.

A 1 mile test ride completed with a few more gears than I started with so gave the trigger shifters a spray of degreaser and left it to soak in .

 

[biggs682]

A garage session this morning has seen the rear specialized nimbus swapped out for a marathon that matches the front one.

Headset has been tweaked by removing the top caged bearing and using loose ones.

And all 21 gears reported for business on the 2.5 mile ride test.

 

[biggs682]

Well another 8 miles have been travelled with all the gears reporting for a much freer action when the trigger lever is activated.

Such a smooth and effortless bike to ride.

 

[biggs682]

The big Peugeot has been re homed

 

[biggs682]

Project Sierra has just been collected

One owner from new no use for last 25 years thankfully seat post and handle bar stem are both free , couple of spokes are broken .

Needs a de dust and a light recommissioning and should be good to go .

 

[Drago]

A bit closer to your sise than the Sierra you had from me.

 

[biggs682]

A bit closer to your sise than the Sierra you had from me.

Yes and hence why I picked this up

 

[biggs682]

Finally got a bit of time to spend with the sierra this morning.

Wiped the dust off the hubs to check for date codes and none as they are 'Sunshine' units rather than the expected ones who's name escapes me . Front caliper has 83.1 on it so 1983 sounds about right to me

My job this morning went a lot easier than expected, removed the stay clamping stand , mudguards so they don't get damaged whilst working on the bike and the pedals which I could have whistled at to undo themselves no need for my long pedal spanner.

Replaced the 2 rear broken spokes on the wolber rim with some of my reclaimed ones and also found a third broken one so replaced that as well .

I surprised myself by blowing up the tyres as it's easier to move when they are inflated and both inflated and stayed up .

 

[biggs682]

Whilst I am thinking about it anyone got any brown outer brake cable??

 

[biggs682]

Rear hub dismantled and given a good clean and removed all the old grease that had gone hard , before rebuilding with fresh grease and with the help of these old tools

 

[biggs682]

Just had an hour and half playing with bearings, cones , tyres and rims .

Result is two rims cleaned , two gatorskins fitted and a front hub stripped cleaned and serviced.

Next job is bottom bracket strip and clean

 

[biggs682]

This morning's task was to strip and refit the bottom bracket as when you try to spin the crank it hardly moves .


The non drive side came undone once the lock ring was removed and a gentle tap on the cup sure enough the grease had solidified.

The non drive side was FTT and no amount of trying could move the cup so out came the old nut and bolt and hey presto one drive side cup removed.

After a good clean up and some fresh grease it all went back together nicely and now actually spins freely .

Next is the headset

 

[biggs682]

The thick congealed grease keeps getting found on this one as I stripped the headset earlier and it was just the same as wheel and bottom bracket bearings.

All cleaned up now and rebuilt with new grease.

Hoods were split so fitted a set of black dia compe ones I had in stock also gave the paintwork a quick wipe over

Next job is brake cables , clean and re fit the guards then some test rides .

 

[DCLane]

@biggs682 - I had the same issue with the 1948 Claud Butler. The seller suggested some parts hadn't been ever greased since new.

 

[Dogtrousers]

This morning's task was to strip and refit the bottom bracket as when you try to spin the crank it hardly moves .
The non drive side came undone once the lock ring was removed and a gentle tap on the cup sure enough the grease had solidified.

The non drive side was FTT and no amount of trying could move the cup so out came the old nut and bolt and hey presto one drive side cup removed.

Out of interest why did you bother removing the fixed (DS) cup?

When I'm just servicing/ regreasing I leave the fixed one in place, remove only the adjustable one, and clean inside the BB shell with a rag, because removing the fixed cup can be such a PITA.

Is it just because you're more thorough than me?

If I'm replacing the ball bearing setup with a sealed unit then I remove both cups, obvs.