I called myself cleaning the brake drum when I bought a set of wheels second hand. I had to remove the rear wheel today and found I didn't clean it very well. Still a bit of rust. I'll get to that since I have the wheel off.
By the way. The second hand set of wheels I acquired had rubber on them. The front had good tread but was a bit cracked and dry rotted. It got replaced. The rear was fine except that I had to air it up every time I wanted to work on it or test ride it. I broke the tire loose from the rim last summer and gave it a good cleaning while on the bike. Wrong. Didn't work well and still had a slow leak around the rim.
I got the tire off today and found at sometime, somebody had "fix a flat" or something like it in a previous tire. They replaced the tire and didn't clean the rim. There wasn't much on the rim but man was it sticky. I had to use lacquer thinner and a brown pad to get that stuff off. It took over an hour cause it rolls up like chewing gum. I cleaned up the bead of the tire, reinstalled, and now no leaky.
However, now I noticed a big O ring that is in three pieces or so. I can't find the other missing pieces. Anybody know what size that O ring is ? It goes in the groove that is around the splines that connect to the wheel.
By the way. The second hand set of wheels I acquired had rubber on them. The front had good tread but was a bit cracked and dry rotted. It got replaced. The rear was fine except that I had to air it up every time I wanted to work on it or test ride it. I broke the tire loose from the rim last summer and gave it a good cleaning while on the bike. Wrong. Didn't work well and still had a slow leak around the rim.
I got the tire off today and found at sometime, somebody had "fix a flat" or something like it in a previous tire. They replaced the tire and didn't clean the rim. There wasn't much on the rim but man was it sticky. I had to use lacquer thinner and a brown pad to get that stuff off. It took over an hour cause it rolls up like chewing gum. I cleaned up the bead of the tire, reinstalled, and now no leaky.
However, now I noticed a big O ring that is in three pieces or so. I can't find the other missing pieces. Anybody know what size that O ring is ? It goes in the groove that is around the splines that connect to the wheel.
