Kona Explosif (1989) now rebuilt!
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Pads bought and tyres changed for amberwalls but nowt else done
I must finish this before the Surrey ride.
Pads bought and tyres changed for amberwalls but nowt else done
I must finish this before the Surrey ride.
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I bought a saddle, took the seatpost off for polishing (done after the pic) and bought some pedals. I though they would be about the same colour as the seat post - but they're not :roll: I gave the shin-mashers fitted when I got it to my Dad Next job, brakes off for a clean and polish.
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I bought a saddle, took the seatpost off for polishing (done after the pic) and bought some pedals. I though they would be about the same colour as the seat post - but they're not :roll: I gave the shin-mashers fitted when I got it to my Dad
Next job, brakes off for a clean and polish.SP
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Chainset next, oh dear, it all went wrong from this point. Firstly I noticed that the left crank arm is not MT-60 like the drive side, which I hadn't spotted earlier. The rings also looked quite worn and might not be salvageable. Oh well I thought, clean it all up and look for a left-hand MT-60 crank arm. Then I saw the damage - looks like a chisel was used! So I have a set of M730 crank arms coming for a replacement.
The bottom bracket I didn't get photos of, but was a disaster. The lock ring had been mashed with pump pliers or similar instead of a c-spanner. When I fitted a c-spanner it was locked solid, I was putting so much pressure on it I damaged teeth - nothing would shift it. :x I heated it up with a hot-air paint stripper gun and tried again, still nothing. Finally I resorted to cutting the damn thing off with a hack-saw.
At this stage I was expecting more grief, but actually the cups came out dead easy. However the axle was heavily worn. Then I took the bearings out and saw they had been fitted back to front - the axle was running on the bearing cage - not the balls :facepalm: arrrg! Needless to say the cups are stuffed, totally pitted and worn out. I then pulled the plastic spacer out the bottom bracket shell, to find it didn't have a hole in, so when grease had been pumped through the grease nipple it had been diverted into the chain stays!
I had a spare Tange BB in the spares box, so will use the Deore axle with the Tange cups and hopefully it'll all be ok. Mechs next.
SP
Chainset next, oh dear, it all went wrong from this point. Firstly I noticed that the left crank arm is not MT-60 like the drive side, which I hadn't spotted earlier. The rings also looked quite worn and might not be salvageable.
Oh well I thought, clean it all up and look for a left-hand MT-60 crank arm. Then I saw the damage - looks like a chisel was used! So I have a set of M730 crank arms coming for a replacement.The bottom bracket I didn't get photos of, but was a disaster. The lock ring had been mashed with pump pliers or similar instead of a c-spanner. When I fitted a c-spanner it was locked solid, I was putting so much pressure on it I damaged teeth - nothing would shift it. :x I heated it up with a hot-air paint stripper gun and tried again, still nothing. Finally I resorted to cutting the damn thing off with a hack-saw.
At this stage I was expecting more grief, but actually the cups came out dead easy. However the axle was heavily worn. Then I took the bearings out and saw they had been fitted back to front - the axle was running on the bearing cage - not the balls :facepalm: arrrg! Needless to say the cups are stuffed, totally pitted and worn out. I then pulled the plastic spacer out the bottom bracket shell, to find it didn't have a hole in, so when grease had been pumped through the grease nipple it had been diverted into the chain stays!
I had a spare Tange BB in the spares box, so will use the Deore axle with the Tange cups and hopefully it'll all be ok. Mechs next.
SP
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that looks a right mess ! :facepalm:
How did you get the grease out of the chainstays ?
that looks a right mess ! :facepalm:
How did you get the grease out of the chainstays ?
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Done! Almost all original components kept, including cable outers and cassette. Stem has been re-painted gloss black as per the original, sadly the bars were scored near the stem and had to be binned. I managed to find an original saddle and grips andSpesh sold me his Timbuk II tyres to complete the build.
SP
Done! Almost all original components kept, including cable outers and cassette. Stem has been re-painted gloss black as per the original, sadly the bars were scored near the stem and had to be binned.
I managed to find an original saddle and grips andSpesh sold me his Timbuk II tyres to complete the build.SP
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