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Austin Tasseltine:
--- Quote from: Ralph Wiggum;3621599 ---Anyone else had a frame with an integrated headset that required tapping the bearings (a couple taps with a rubber mallet) into the head tube? Every other frame I've owned I was able to push the bearings in by grabbing on the opposite end of the head tube and using my thumbs to get the bearing to seat.
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yep.
weedbix:
Integrated should be slip-fit
JohnW:
--- Quote from: Sasha;3621610 ---^I've had that before. There's probably paint or something in there. Wouldn't worry about it.
My bike has succumbed to the British Winter, has anyone tried this shit:
or should I just paint it red? I don't mind a bit of humidity brown cool rust but this is orange shit rain rust and we can't be having that.
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I'm guessing it's phosphoric acid based. That stuff has to soak in to work and requires multiple coats. It'd be hard to use on a BMX frame cause it'd just drip off. It says non-drip so it might work, but I have a feeling it still will. If it actually stays on the tube let me know because I'd be interested in picking up some. I used similar stuff on the floor of my car and had to let it soak for hours, wire wheel it, and repeat a couple times.
If you soak it in clean motor oil and let it bake in the sun (or a warm lamp since you're in England) a little it'll turn the rust brown and slow it down. That's what I did to my S&M and I love how it turned out. Or use a brass wire wheel to polish the bare steel, then oil it.
weedbix:
Using the sun is not an option in an English winter
JohnW:
--- Quote from: Professor Horatio Hufnagel;3621618 ---Using the sun is not an option in an English winter
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Which is why I suggested a warm lamp. An incandescent bulb decently close should work well enough.
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