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Restoring 7Xs the difficult way

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Jaymz:
way too much effort to turn the pedals fella, use the drill!!!

1mancity2:
I'll sort it bud then u pay me  :daumenhoch:

Glynnyboy:
Sounds like you need autosol rather than peek.
Peek has no abrasive and is great to use on already half decent  or good chrome but that's about it.
Nearly every other job requires the mildly abrasive properties of autosol.
I find on jobs like this peek leaves you feeling as though your peeing in the wind a bit.

Spen69:
Or just bring them to mine next time and you can use Hootski's polishing wheel that still sat in my garage ??? :2funny:

Next set you do, go buy the right amount of correct length spokes and strip one down completely and clean it. Then re-lace it copying the other one until you get it right. Repeat the process so they're both done then take them to your lbs and he can final tension them for you. I'll show you how easy it is when you're next in my garage as I've got a set of 7X's that need lacing up. Final tensioning on the other hand is a different story and I haven't managed to learn that little trick yet, but a fiver a wheel at my lbs, why would I need to worry about it :shocked: :daumenhoch:

Spen

john4130:
you can unscrew the back of a freewheel and dismantle it but be careful. make sure you hold it flat as you take the back off as bearings will fall out all over the place. i use a magnet to lift the bearings out and place them in a photo cannister tub. if the freewheel has a bit of side to side play in it before you strip it you can probably remove a couple of the large thin washers in there to help stop it when you rebuild it. don't use too much grease when rebuilding, just a small amount round the edge where the bearings sit, just enough to stick the bearings to so they dont fall out. count the bearings before you rebuild it and put an equal amount in each side. dont blame me when you lose half the bearings opening it up tho.  :daumenhoch:

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