This is what it looks after cleaning. Permanently damaged due to rust but it’ll do for few more years.
You took away his balls :(
And soaked them in acetone!
Hnnnng, and what did you do next to those bad naughty balls.
That’s rude 😔 rip balls
Those races are shot my lemon, don’t do it!!
Long as the wheel is turning, it ain’t concerning.
I recently did my yearly service of filling the tires, I’ve literally never opened up the wheel hub of a bicycle in my entire life
I have had my frame about 16 years, when i repacked crank bearings I also cleaned and repacked wheel bearings. You have to do in an area where you can track down a lost ball, but they run nice with some lithium grease.
Those ball bearings are loose for a reason. Because you never fuckin open the hub for any reason
I have a small jars of bearings for my BBs and another for my freehubs. I’m not afraid :)
Why did you have to look? Now the magic that keeps it all together has been dispelled. :(
I restored a bike that I found at the bottom of a hill under an overpass (it was a 1970’s Schwinn and I just couldn’t let it die there!)
it was a mess but even that bike had a cleaner hub that yours!
That looks fun.
I actually need to do that to my road bike wheel (though I suspect it won’t be covered with mud). 13,000+ miles on the wheel, but during the last ride it made a weird grinding noise and actually slowed down the bike a few times. I’m hoping to open it up tomorrow or Saturday.
This only has 5000km (3000 miles) but I think they packed it with mud at the factory.
They charge extra for that service!
bike pro tip: freewheels never require service ;)
Source: it’s a lot of work. ;)
Looks like pasztet
