Make sure to use the large seal/o-rings for the bottom of the cylinder sleeves.
Thanks will keep that in mind!
In an effort to keep the ball rolling, I decided to go a different direction and work on something moderately mindless - prepping my rims for powder coat. This meant disassembling the rim and de-lacing the spokes.
What a gorgeous day! Perfect for kicking back and working on this wheel.
Step one: this axle nut. So much for my relaxing day....
She was really locked on there. Anyways after a bunch of free-all (like PB Blaster) and a couple of swears she made it out.
That axle looks pretty burnt. Like it we're running without grease maybe. Or just past-prime grease which has caked itself on there. No worries, it feels straight and should clean up nice. If not we'll go from there. (note: it not crooked at the end, that part - the axle nut - is just resting on there).
Icky
The rest of the wheel assembly came out easy.
Everything under the covers looked pretty shiny...
I hadn't studied the diagrams or parts much as I was really trying to keep this a mindless project. Everything is set aside and ready to examined with a keener eye at a later date
Time to de-lace this rim. Fun!
There's always one, right?
More or less painless. You twist the nipple, the spoke comes out. The more you get out, the easier they come out. Satisfying!
All spokes look good but one which was welded to the nipple. It snapped trying to remove it, I will try to track something down. I'm planning on getting the spokes zinc plated and the rims powder coated black. I have yet to find a good place to do either of those tasks so we'll see, but thats the plan at least!
The rims have some rust build up but I am betting it's just surface rust. Will see how they clean up.
Front wheel: Done! That was a fun day
hoping to get the rear in a similar place tomorrow. Some work went on with one of the airheads today too. Surprises when we dig into one of the front forks...check on that
here if you're interested.
