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your tricks to cleaning hubs without delacing
« on: March 22, 2011, 07:30:21 AM »
wheels are off for new all balls bearings, new shoes on the rear, and a good spring scrubbing..
but i got ham hands and scrubbing the hub between the spokes, at toothbrush-speed aint cuttin' it.
anyone use those spray-on, wash off wheel degreasers or fab/buy a scrubbing tool for gettng in there really good.  my clear coat is still pretty good, and i'd like to keep it that way.
thanks for the ideas!

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Re: your tricks to cleaning hubs without delacing
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2011, 07:39:15 AM »
I used that spray-on foamy degreaser, then a stiff brush slightly larger than a toothbrush, then Simple Green, and more brushing.  Rinse & repeat.
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Re: your tricks to cleaning hubs without delacing
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2011, 09:21:28 AM »
S-100 is the cats meow
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Re: your tricks to cleaning hubs without delacing
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2011, 10:59:17 AM »
soda blast if they are real bad.
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Re: your tricks to cleaning hubs without delacing
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2011, 11:54:29 AM »
This is a great idea for a thread.
 I've just done a pretty insane cleaning of a laced back wheel. The thing you need a lot of is TIME. I had an assortment of brushes i bought at a 99¢ store too. SImple green got a lot of the heavy grime off. then, a nylon round brush on a dremel got into the harder spots. I'm sure that if i had the flex-shaft that would have been a more fun endeavour with less hassle.
Then some fine steel wool got the brush marks down.
Some mothers and a fluffy polish wheel on the dremel finished the job nicely.
Coarser steel wool brought the spokes back to life, and a mist of clear coat will hopefully slow the formation of new rust.

I know someone's going to post here with a total genius way to get them looking like new.
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Re: your tricks to cleaning hubs without delacing
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2011, 12:57:21 PM »
Once my new F gets here I know I will have to address this too.  I was thinking of trying some nylon rope on the hubs, along with simple green or another cleaning product like S100. 
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Re: your tricks to cleaning hubs without delacing
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2011, 02:32:37 PM »
Quote from: VRodPete on March 22, 2011, 12:57:21 PM
Once my new F gets here I know I will have to address this too.  I was thinking of trying some nylon rope on the hubs, along with simple green or another cleaning product like S100. 
That is how we used to clean our hubs on the Schwinn bicycle in the 60's. I think with a cycle you may be going to fast for it to work as the centrifigal force may not allow the rope to spin in the hub. Worth a try though.
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Re: your tricks to cleaning hubs without delacing
« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2011, 02:49:16 PM »
Quote from: Johnie on March 22, 2011, 02:32:37 PM
Quote from: VRodPete on March 22, 2011, 12:57:21 PM
Once my new F gets here I know I will have to address this too.  I was thinking of trying some nylon rope on the hubs, along with simple green or another cleaning product like S100. 
That is how we used to clean our hubs on the Schwinn bicycle in the 60's. I think with a cycle you may be going to fast for it to work as the centrifigal force may not allow the rope to spin in the hub. Worth a try though.
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Re: your tricks to cleaning hubs without delacing
« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2011, 03:02:25 PM »
I've used barkeeper's friend (made into a paste) and scotchbrite pads, but it's incredibly laborious and the spokes don't stay pretty for long. 
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Re: your tricks to cleaning hubs without delacing
« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2011, 03:25:53 PM »
Quote from: Johnie on March 22, 2011, 02:32:37 PM
That is how we used to clean our hubs on the Schwinn bicycle in the 60's. I think with a cycle you may be going to fast for it to work as the centrifigal force may not allow the rope to spin in the hub. Worth a try though.

Can you expound upon that thought so no one goes off and tries to ride their bike with rope on the wheels!

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Re: your tricks to cleaning hubs without delacing
« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2011, 03:28:06 PM »
Ive got two of those little sonic vibrating scrubby things with the different heads. They work great for breaking up dirt and grim that you cant just spray off. Just use alot of simple green or what ever your using. Nylon bristles, so i dont think youd hurt the clear, since yours is still good. and less than 10$, might even come with the batteries, cant recall though.
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Re: your tricks to cleaning hubs without delacing
« Reply #11 on: March 22, 2011, 03:45:28 PM »
I really don't have the time to rethread or completely recondition my wheels so I just painted the hubs and spokes after a good prep.  My build will be a driver not a trailer queen.





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Re: your tricks to cleaning hubs without delacing
« Reply #12 on: March 22, 2011, 03:49:15 PM »
Quote from: cobrajunkie on March 22, 2011, 03:45:28 PM
I really don't have the time to rethread or completely recondition my wheels so I just painted the hubs and spokes after a good prep.  My build will be a driver not a trailer queen.


Did you paint the spokes then lace the wheel or did you mask off each spoke?
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Re: your tricks to cleaning hubs without delacing
« Reply #13 on: March 22, 2011, 04:12:42 PM »
I took an inch of blue mask and used a hole punch, split it on the side and wrapped each to mask it off.  Worked perfect.  It took 3 Makers Marks and a season of South Park.  I'm working on the rear wheel now but ran out of Makers Mark.

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Re: your tricks to cleaning hubs without delacing
« Reply #14 on: March 22, 2011, 04:16:53 PM »
Quote from: cobrajunkie on March 22, 2011, 04:12:42 PM
I took an inch of blue mask and used a hole punch, split it on the side and wrapped each to mask it off.  Worked perfect.  It took 3 Makers Marks and a season of South Park.  I'm working on the rear wheel now but ran out of Makers Mark.

That's an unbelievable idea!  The hole punch is pretty clever too  8)
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Re: your tricks to cleaning hubs without delacing
« Reply #15 on: March 22, 2011, 05:27:23 PM »
Quote from: CycleRanger on March 22, 2011, 03:25:53 PM
Quote from: Johnie on March 22, 2011, 02:32:37 PM
That is how we used to clean our hubs on the Schwinn bicycle in the 60's. I think with a cycle you may be going to fast for it to work as the centrifigal force may not allow the rope to spin in the hub. Worth a try though.

Can you expound upon that thought so no one goes off and tries to ride their bike with rope on the wheels!


We just took some nylon rope and tied one loop of it on the hub so it hung down a couple inches. As we would ride the rope would move but not as fast as the hub. That rope would shine it up.
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Re: your tricks to cleaning hubs without delacing
« Reply #16 on: March 22, 2011, 07:48:45 PM »
Quote from: Johnie on March 22, 2011, 05:27:23 PM
Quote from: CycleRanger on March 22, 2011, 03:25:53 PM
Quote from: Johnie on March 22, 2011, 02:32:37 PM
That is how we used to clean our hubs on the Schwinn bicycle in the 60's. I think with a cycle you may be going to fast for it to work as the centrifigal force may not allow the rope to spin in the hub. Worth a try though.

Can you expound upon that thought so no one goes off and tries to ride their bike with rope on the wheels!


We just took some nylon rope and tied one loop of it on the hub so it hung down a couple inches. As we would ride the rope would move but not as fast as the hub. That rope would shine it up.


We always used a piece of soft leather strap, long enough to loop over the bicycle hub and hang down about 3 inches, one end passed thru a slit in the other to hold it in place.  Kept the hubs nice and shiny.  Wouldn't work on the ridged Honda hubs though, wouldn't get down between the ridges.  And would be a bad idea to try.
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Re: your tricks to cleaning hubs without delacing
« Reply #17 on: March 23, 2011, 07:08:03 AM »
My thought with the nylon rope wasn't to tie it loosely and ride (although, thinking about it, that could be GENIUS!)... I was going to use a longer section of rope, apply my agent (possibly toothpaste, simple green, etc.) and then use the long ends THROUGH the spokes to pull the rope back and forth over the hub to clean it up. 
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Re: your tricks to cleaning hubs without delacing
« Reply #18 on: March 23, 2011, 07:18:43 AM »
Vrod, here is a thought.  Chuck a plain pulley in a drill, tie your cord loosely around the hub, add a little polishing compound, insert the pulley in the loop and stretch the loop tight.   Pull the trigger and polish away!
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« Reply #19 on: March 23, 2011, 07:20:56 AM »
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Re: your tricks to cleaning hubs without delacing
« Reply #20 on: March 23, 2011, 10:22:53 AM »
Quote from: cobrajunkie on March 22, 2011, 04:12:42 PM
I took an inch of blue mask and used a hole punch, split it on the side and wrapped each to mask it off.  Worked perfect.  It took 3 Makers Marks and a season of South Park.  I'm working on the rear wheel now but ran out of Makers Mark.



i did the same #$%*, except i used the little hole punch repair patches (the stupid little adhesive backed paper rings for when it was cheaper to fix the paper then copy it....) just cut a slit and wrapped it around the bottom of each spoke, then a bunch of 1" scotch blue... time consuming as all hell, but cheap and looks good with black hubs and spokes... the paint on my back hub is finally starting to chip a little after 2 years, but nothin a sharpie cant fix!


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Re: your tricks to cleaning hubs without delacing
« Reply #21 on: March 23, 2011, 06:35:37 PM »
Someone said WD-40 would soften grease/tar (let it soak) and shouldn't hurt clear coat.
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Re: your tricks to cleaning hubs without delacing
« Reply #22 on: March 23, 2011, 07:32:21 PM »
On my schwins we used the leather strap with a reflector for hooking the ends of the strap together. It hung down and caused the leather to not rotate with the wheel.
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« Reply #23 on: March 24, 2011, 05:15:21 PM »
Ah, memories - I got a new red, 26" Schwin (not the fancy one) for Christmas when I was 11. Hog heaven!
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