Anyone else got a carlton?
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. Classic Carlton signature detail 
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
oh dear
Kempstonian
Has the memory of a goldfish
- Location
- Bedford
Haha... well its not an insurmountable problem, Its just that I can't find a way to tighten the bolt up without it turning round. I have to find something to grip the bolt head that's inside the bb. I don't seem to have anything for that.
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
depending on what size bolt you could try your car wheel nut removing tool
Kempstonian
Has the memory of a goldfish
- Location
- Bedford
I've just been to see a mate down the road and he's lent me a socket set with an extension bar, so I have now got what I needed... but so far its refusing to budge. Maybe a piece of scaffold pole is needed now? It had a liberal dosing of WD40 yesterday but I'll give it some more.
PHL67
Veteran
- Location
- Frinton on Sea
Give it some heat.
Kempstonian
Has the memory of a goldfish
- Location
- Bedford
Do you mean with a blowtorch or just put more effort into it? lol
I've found a piece of pipe and done a few more turns with that. Tomorrow I'll increase my efforts... I don't have a blowtorch!
Kempstonian
Has the memory of a goldfish
- Location
- Bedford
Yeah, the bolt head is about 18mm across. I tried the wheel nut remover for size and its quite a bit too big. The socket set I borrowed has one that fits, so that problem is sorted now. Next I just have to put some real force into it I think. Hope nothing breaks!
Kempstonian
Has the memory of a goldfish
- Location
- Bedford
I think I need a bigger bolt and a bigger spanner! All efforts have failed so far. The bolt head is looking a bit chewed up and the washers are all deformed.
I took a break yesterday and decided to strip the paint off. A couple of liberal coatings of paint stripper did the trick - well sort of... it easily took all the red off and left me with a blue frame! It has however revealed a frame number - WM7003597. I don't know much about frame numbers, so I have no idea if this helps to identify it as a Carlton or not.
This morning I decided to see if the guys who did a couple of excellent spray jobs on my car have the facility to shot blast the frame for me and give it a coat of primer. Then I'll mask it and get them to give it a coat of a single colour. After that I'll add accent colours myself.
I took a break yesterday and decided to strip the paint off. A couple of liberal coatings of paint stripper did the trick - well sort of... it easily took all the red off and left me with a blue frame! It has however revealed a frame number - WM7003597. I don't know much about frame numbers, so I have no idea if this helps to identify it as a Carlton or not.
This morning I decided to see if the guys who did a couple of excellent spray jobs on my car have the facility to shot blast the frame for me and give it a coat of primer. Then I'll mask it and get them to give it a coat of a single colour. After that I'll add accent colours myself.
Kempstonian
Has the memory of a goldfish
- Location
- Bedford
None at all, in fact there are no other colours, its just plain (metallic) blue. No indication of any logos or a name and the head tube hasn't had a rivetted badge on it either. Bearing in mind how old this frame must be I'm even thinking that the blue itself might even be a respray job, as its so unusual to have a plain all over colour on a bike of that age.
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Kempstonian
Has the memory of a goldfish
- Location
- Bedford
Well I bought a bigger bolt and washers - and I'm back to square one! I have no socket that fits, so I can't stop it turning round when I tighten the bolt.
And just to add to my problems the new tyres I got don't seem right for the wheels. I might have bought the wrong tyres.
Assembling a bike never used to be this hard...
And just to add to my problems the new tyres I got don't seem right for the wheels. I might have bought the wrong tyres.
Assembling a bike never used to be this hard...
Soltydog
Legendary Member
- Location
- near Hornsea
I've bought one as a winter project. All stripped down now, apart from the BB & headset. I haven't got the tool for the BB so I'll pop it into LBS next week. Initially I was hoping to keep costs to a minimum, but think I'm going for a top respray job now, 
I'll post more details & pics once the build is complete
I'll post more details & pics once the build is complete
Kempstonian
Has the memory of a goldfish
- Location
- Bedford
New (correct size) tyres ordered!
