What Have You Fettled Today?

[DCBassman]

So far today: a Gronlid 3-seater sofa and matching footstool, and two Sakarias chairs. Still to do: Ekedalen dining table and Havsta table nest.
Yes folks, it's IKEA. The irritating all day long.

 

[DCBassman]

So far today: a Gronlid 3-seater sofa and matching footstool, and two Sakarias chairs. Still to do: Ekedalen dining table and Havsta table nest.
Yes folks, it's IKEA. The irritating all day long.

Still to do: the Ekedalen dining table, Venetian blind in bedroom, and wall-mount the TV. My bikes are being sorely neglected...

 

[DCLane]

A few bits over the past couple of days;

I've finished off the Harry Quinn I was cleaning up, with some adjustments needed and a different 0.2mm wider seatpost following a test ride. I still need to get a new rear tyre, but that's it ready.

My son's Novatec carbon training wheels got a new set of bearings in the front. Rear's still to do. And a new battery in his power meter.

My Avanti Circa 1's got a new chain, jockey wheel and a clean-up, with the Fulcrum 5 wheel needing a new bearing in the freehub which has also been cleaned and thoroughly re-greased.

Also, I've looked at the Claud Butler I picked up recently, got the seatpost free and decided that'll do given it's too good to break and too big to ride, so it's on sale here for £60 - https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/claud-butler-531-24-frame-touring-bike-14-speed-£60-dewsbury-west-yorkshire.281493

 

[Svendo]

Rear gear cable snapped in the lever on the way home. I’ve replaced it and the front brake cable since I was in the lever and been meaning to do that for a couple of months as it had got ‘creased’ and didn’t quite return properly.

Pros: after winding the high stop to put me in the 13 cog I got to experience the ‘purity’ of a single speed (albeit with an ‘auto flip flop hub’ achieved by using the front derailleur, 81 and 110.1 inches)

Cons: bit worried as the frayed end and nob bit seem to be irretrievably stuck somewhere in the ratchet part of the lever. Doesn’t seem to be an easy way to get it out unless it shows itself enough to get some needle nose pliers or tweezer on it. With a bit of wiggling and persuasion it’s all working freely across the gears. But it’ll niggle for a while until I forget about it.

 

[chriswoody]

Finally got my backside into gear and took the Jockey wheels out for a clean. They've needed doing for a while now as you can see.

I just hope the Wife doesn't notice I used her toothbrush!

 

[LWeleven]

Fitting something a bit more grippy

 

[DCBassman]

So far today: a Gronlid 3-seater sofa and matching footstool, and two Sakarias chairs. Still to do: Ekedalen dining table and Havsta table nest.
Yes folks, it's IKEA. The irritating all day long.

And some more today, with a major Besta suspended cupboards installation in the lounge. After much swearing and cussing, three out of five shells mounted. Now completely knackered. And much more to do to complete it, plus fit lights at some point too.
I can't really complain, three of the fairly large cupboards are for me to hide my computery junk in!

 

[fossyant]

Fettled a proper bodge today. Last week on the nice bike I noticed a bit of a slow shift, looked down and saw the 19 cog was ‘floating’ between the 17 and 21. It would still shift on and off, but a bit rough, credit to Shimano engineering (DA 9000).
It’s the DA cassette that came with the groupset, so I was a bit miffed and although I have an Ultegra spare I want full value from it.
Found that it’s the middle cog of a group of 3, and the heads of all 4 pins have sheared 3 inboard and one outboard, all obscured by the 17 cog so can’t directly replace the pins with something.
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So need to put a spacer between the 19 and 17 cog to hold it against the carrier.
Of course I used zip ties, sanded down from 2.54 ish mm to 2.15ish (spacers officially 2.18)
Three in place, (4th pin wouldn’t move out of the way) carefully orientated to avoid fouling the chain (I hope). And Robert is my Mother’s Brother 😎
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Now that is a bodge, but needs to be binned ASAP. Great get me home... but... yikes....

 

[fossyant]

Fitting something a bit more grippy


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What's the scruffy looking cable for ?

 

[fossyant]

Finally got my backside into gear and took the Jockey wheels out for a clean. They've needed doing for a while now as you can see. View attachment 619655

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I just hope the Wife doesn't notice I used her toothbrush!

Regrease the cartridge bearings too

 

[Svendo]

Now that is a bodge, but needs to be binned ASAP. Great get me home... but... yikes....

We shall see, I’ve tested it on the trainer and it’s ok so far. I think the worst case is cogs moving about rather than anything fatal.

 

[fossyant]

We shall see, I’ve tested it on the trainer and it’s ok so far. I think the worst case is cogs moving about rather than anything fatal.

I wouldn't....

 

[ColinJ]

We shall see, I’ve tested it on the trainer and it’s ok so far. I think the worst case is cogs moving about rather than anything fatal.

I have a very painful memory of what happened when MY bodge meant that I suddenly lost drive when sprinting out of the saddle... (A clothes peg bodge to hold a broken gear cable in position! )

I hurtled from the start at the kind of speed that only an over-sized teenager on an under-sized bike can manage. Surely the win was on? Well it might have been, but a minor rut in the road surface had other ideas... I hit the rut while powering at full-speed out of the saddle and felt a shockwave judder through the frame of the bike. It was all too much for the temporary clothes-peg gear-repair...

My memory of events goes into Sam Peckinpah slow-mo mode here ! The clothes-peg fell off and there was a twanging noise as the severed gear cable came loose. The chain lost tension as the rear derailleur went walkabout. My body became weightless for a few moments as I launched forwards. In mid-trajectory I smacked my right knee into the handlebar stem but ignored the pain of that because I was rather more concerned with where my helmetless-head was going. In fact it was destined for a close-encounter-of-the-tarmac-kind but fortunately I seem to have a thick skull. Emergency braking was now required so I dug my left shoulder down hard onto the road surface and that eventually did the trick. I actually slid across the finish line but the damn timekeeper was distracted by my screams and forgot to look at his watch. Drat - I could have had 'em all !

I was helped to my feet my mates. They were all looking at my shoulder in a "So that's what they're made of!" way which I found distracting so I took a look myself. Once I came out of the faint, my mates were kind enough to help me to my feet again and then... a strange wailing sound erupted from my body. It was pretty scary, I can tell you!

 

[chriswoody]

Regrease the cartridge bearings too

So there I was thinking stupidly thinking that these bearings were sealed and hence un-servicable. Your post prompted a quick Google and hey presto, lots of useful info about popping the seals off and giving them a quick once over. Luckily I have some picks in my toolkit, so some time in the next couple of days I'll get that job done.

Thanks for that much appreciated!

 

[fossyant]

So there I was thinking stupidly thinking that these bearings were sealed and hence un-servicable. Your post prompted a quick Google and hey presto, lots of useful info about popping the seals off and giving them a quick once over. Luckily I have some picks in my toolkit, so some time in the next couple of days I'll get that job done.

Thanks for that much appreciated!

You may need a pin rather than a pick. Try and prize out the seal from the outside as this is the non-rotating edge.