What Have You Fettled Today?

[Peter88]

Stripped the rear hub on the commuter, took all the ball bearings out cleaned all the old grease of each component then regreased and put it back together.

 

[Drago]

Managed a bit of wheel trueing in the Elswick. Was rushing to get it finished as a winter drop barred road bike but with no more riding for the foreseeable the urgency has gone.

Going to replace the very clean but rather nasty Sachs-Huret rear mech with a Shimano light action job nice found in my forbidden box of mystery. It should mive the shifting into a different league, and being only 5 years newer than the bike is almost a period upgrade and still looks the part.

 

[Drago]

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Because I can't ride, fettled a bar (plastic 25mm pipe) to mount to the back of the pannier rack to mount two of the lights that were mounted to the rack stays (to make more secure).

Autoglym Super Resin and Extra Deep Gloss polish on the commuter, not that I will be getting it dirty for a while.

i feel your pain bro

 

[fenlandpsychocyclist]

Got my overweight "training bike" out the shed ... its used for commuting plus 30-90 miles of weekday evening training rides.
In 4 days standing the bottom bracket had seized. W.T.F!!!!!!!!
Its a nasty piece of road bike made by avocet, wrapped in tacky parts sourced from china, and its possible the bottom bracket
has gulped water and rusted between the ball bearings.

Anyway, i stood the bike on its sunroof, removed the screw that retains the bottom bracket cable guide.
Then force fed the cheap and nasty cartridge bearing a mix of white spirit and lithium grease through the hole.

After the 2 mile ride to work the crank is looser than Lisa Sparks full of KY and within a day or two the white spirit
will evaporate leaving the grease to thicken.

 

[fossyant]

I think you need a new bottom bracket. You'll be pedalling shards of metal shortly.

 

[fenlandpsychocyclist]

I think you need a new bottom bracket. You'll be pedalling shards of metal shortly.

No play in it, so i'm assuming its been caught in time.
Its only £200 worth of steel forked road bike, sooner spend money on my other two bikes.

 

[fossyant]

No play in it, so i'm assuming its been caught in time.
Its only £200 worth of steel forked road bike, sooner spend money on my other two bikes.

£15 for a new one. If it's previously seized, play or not, expect a big failure if you are doing the 90 miles or more a week on a dodgy BB. Just warning you, as white spirit will knacker the grease. Must be a standard loose bearing BB, as you can't affect a proper cartridge bearing by putting oil into the frame.

Take the chain off and spin the BB by hand - if it rumbles, expect a failure soon. I would personally take the BB out and inspect it first. Not funny having to walk home !

 

[fenlandpsychocyclist]

£15 for a new one. If it's previously seized, play or not, expect a big failure if you are doing the 90 miles or more a week on a dodgy BB. Just warning you, as white spirit will knacker the grease. Must be a standard loose bearing BB, as you can't affect a proper cartridge bearing by putting oil into the frame.

Take the chain off and spin the BB by hand - if it rumbles, expect a failure soon. I would personally take the BB out and inspect it first. Not funny having to walk home !

Definitely a cartridge, but very poorly sealed against water or fresh oil ingress. Had the chain off after a 35 miler and is spinning freely without noise or rumbles.
My usual 30-35 mile training route is a big loop, with numerous short cuts back to home ... never more than
9 miles (3 hours walk) away.

 

[GlenBen]

Pulled a branch off the tree to chip away and make a pole. Used this pole to hammer through the headset and free a seized handlebar wedge nut thing, I dont know its actual name. This worked surprisingly well and the handlebars are out now. Forks swapped between two frames and now have a decent enough commuter, with two brakes, for no cost at all.

(Thanks to sidevalve for the idea)

 

[Cal44]

Rear wheel rubbing off brakes so I had a quick look and noticed a resonable wobble of about 3mm. Checked spokes and 3 of them were loose as you like compared to all the rest. Was quite worried about this as I have never trued a wheel before (successfully!) and was concerned I may make it worse! Tightened them up and everything was fine! Wheel now running surprisingly straight and I'm now not as scared of tinkering with the spokes as I was before (to a point) as I made a right mess of a wheel when I was a teenager once. Saved a trip to the shops and now no brake rub. Confidence for this has come from reading posts on here and watching youtube vids.....

 

[Oldspice]

Tightend the cap on my front tyre, the had a nap.....next time i may pay for a professional do it.

 

[fenlandpsychocyclist]

Rear shimano hub failed on my heavy road bike, two days after the bottom bracket bearing played up.
Pedalling forwards has the same effect as pedalling backwards ... 2 mile walk home so not too bad.
(I think 3-4 cable ties through the cassette onto some spokes may have provided a get me home fix?)

 

[Cubist]

Stans rim tape and valves onto my new wheelset, then took the 2.4 tyres off the Hope Pro 2 Wheels and fitted them to the new wheelset. No issues at all with fitting or sealing, easy tubeless experience!

 

[danger mouse]

Unseized a chain link. Cant work out if its due to lack of chain maintenance or too much of?
I was OCD about using my chain cleaner then read the thread about giving it a wipe only

Too much advice so little time

 

[HovR]

(I think 3-4 cable ties through the cassette onto some spokes may have provided a get me home fix?)

That could work.. But it would also essentially make your bike a fixed gear, so if you tried to slow down pedaling or freewheel, things would get interesting!