Post AiGtpRuCMsR3GKx9sW by wilbr@glitch.social
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(DIR) Post #AiGD34nAnsHnbRv1Si by MLE_online@social.afront.org
2024-05-25T02:54:58Z
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My local bike shop guy heard about my quixotic quest to adapt a 40 spoke Sturmey Archer hub to a 36 spoke rim with machined adapter plates, and give me another hub to play with.It looked nice on the outside, but it did not make the expected ratcheting sound that a freewheeling hub should make when spun. It also did not work correctly. I thought maybe it would just be full of gummed up grease inside so I poured a bunch of paint thinner in there and let it sit, but that did not fix it, so I disassembled it and found it to be extremely crusty, rusty, and gunky inside.I'm going to try to make it work again, even though this hub still won't work on my bike because it's drilled for 28 spokes lol. It just seems fun to see if I can clean it up and fix it.
(DIR) Post #AiGD35zyJm7NLQul3A by MLE_online@social.afront.org
2024-05-25T02:56:06Z
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Before I soak these parts in evapo rust, I am degreasing them in Simple Green. This was brand new, crystal-clear Simple Green before I put the parts in there. Yuck!
(DIR) Post #AiGD36sZ2nmq4kSM8u by MLE_online@social.afront.org
2024-05-25T03:06:08Z
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The sharp eyed among you may notice that the hub is laced to a rim in that photo of it disassembled, and that it was not laced to a rim in the condition I received it. That's because there is a big retaining ring that has to be removed before you can disassemble the hub and there's no good way to hold on to the hub while you loosen that ring, unless the hub is laced to a wheel. I tried holding the hub in the pipe jaws of my bench vise and with a large pipe wrench, but the only thing that worked for me was putting it into a rim temporarily
(DIR) Post #AiGD37OT8BJ7fhNps8 by MLE_online@social.afront.org
2024-05-25T16:47:08Z
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After an overnight soak, everything looks much better and it's time for it to go into the evapo rust. Two of the pawl springs had rusted away and the other two seem like they're not in great shape, so I will have to find replacements for those
(DIR) Post #AiGD388uLWSDzj6vFw by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
2024-05-25T20:16:47Z
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@MLE_online I bought a roll of phosphor bronze spring wire from Apex Electronics. They might have more. Random outcome though. But then you get to wander Apex which is good.
(DIR) Post #AiGD38hIHfxZiNCNqy by MLE_online@social.afront.org
2024-05-25T16:55:53Z
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Those stupid pawl springs are 99 pence in the UK and $10 each on amazon here in the US. Ugh
(DIR) Post #AiGD3BusJdbdhMZlwG by MLE_online@social.afront.org
2024-05-25T17:07:00Z
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Maybe I can make my own springs ...
(DIR) Post #AiGOqViuYrSWoXhSL2 by MLE_online@social.afront.org
2024-05-25T22:28:55Z
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@tomjennings ooh interesting. I was going to just buy some springs from the local Ace hardware and thread modify them but phosphor bronze sounds more fun
(DIR) Post #AiGtpRuCMsR3GKx9sW by wilbr@glitch.social
2024-05-25T17:19:03Z
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@MLE_online I once asked a spring shop owner (who regaled me with stories of springs long past) for a custom spring. He literally took a screen door spring, bent and cut it with needle nose pliers, handed it to me and charged me $7
(DIR) Post #AiGtpSnr1wxG2wzbd2 by MLE_online@social.afront.org
2024-05-25T17:20:13Z
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@wilbr yea! I am going to look at the springs at the hardware store and see if they have any springs i can modify
(DIR) Post #AiGtpTkhVA1gzSWbLs by smellsofbikes@mastodon.social
2024-05-25T18:30:03Z
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@MLE_online @wilbr I don't know if this'll work for those, they seem too large, but I've used the springs from retractable ballpoint pens as replacements in a mavic hub.
(DIR) Post #AiGtpUWubuahOz56Uy by MLE_online@social.afront.org
2024-05-26T01:48:07Z
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@smellsofbikes @wilbr I need something less coiled than that for this
(DIR) Post #AiGtpVDS3kcPWuz4nw by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
2024-05-26T04:16:06Z
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@MLE_online @smellsofbikes @wilbr Now if you could find a clock parts store.... Omfg I was in one once, somewhere in the Bay area, it was CRAZY. I wonder if they still exist... Could be since mechanical clocks have been product-silly for 50 years.
(DIR) Post #AiGu1fep42WhO9aa9I by smellsofbikes@mastodon.social
2024-05-26T04:18:17Z
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@tomjennings @MLE_online @wilbr a friend of a friend knows of a clock place that sells new stuff, so I know how to get a first-hand second hand, third-hand.
(DIR) Post #AiGubLCyZSaEOLZZqa by MLE_online@social.afront.org
2024-05-26T04:24:43Z
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@tomjennings @smellsofbikes @wilbr These springs are so simple that I think if I can find a spring made of the same gauge wire, i might be able to bend my own
(DIR) Post #AiGvGk86omxNYc2R9M by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
2024-05-26T04:32:16Z
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@smellsofbikes @MLE_online @wilbr THEM CLOCKS GOTS SPRINGS GALORE! Crazy-ass springs.