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Offline Deathreceiver

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Re: Quick Questions
« Reply #780 on: August 19, 2013, 07:04:30 PM »
Yeah...

I will try to ride anyway, hope it dont break :P

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« Reply #781 on: August 23, 2013, 02:24:32 PM »
I am going to be painting my frame soon. Currently my frame is raw and has surface rust, no clear coat. Just wondering the best way to remove this and prep it for paint. I was thinking I'd use steel wool and WD40, but I feel that may effect the way the paint adheres to the frame.

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« Reply #782 on: August 23, 2013, 02:33:12 PM »
WD40 should be fine, but I'd wash the frame off with paint thinner when you're done. Let that dry, then paint it.
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« Reply #783 on: August 23, 2013, 07:13:29 PM »
Id leave the WD-40 out of it. get some sandpaper or used a rustpaint based primer. Adding wd is just not worth the chance of orange peel by missing some in prep and have it affecting the paint.

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« Reply #784 on: August 23, 2013, 09:33:37 PM »
Id leave the WD-40 out of it. get some sandpaper or used a rustpaint based primer. Adding wd is just not worth the chance of orange peel by missing some in prep and have it affecting the paint.
Yeah I was thinking a fine sandpaper.

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« Reply #785 on: August 24, 2013, 11:37:48 AM »
thought you were thinking of wd40 and steel wool?

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Re: Quick Questions
« Reply #786 on: August 24, 2013, 02:26:12 PM »
Best way to remove bottom bracket bearings? I want to be 100% sure I don't damage the frame. The bearings don't matter.

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Re: Quick Questions
« Reply #787 on: August 24, 2013, 04:57:11 PM »
Ratchet extender thing through the bb and give em a clobbering

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« Reply #788 on: August 29, 2013, 05:10:19 PM »
I've got an animal jumpoff remix with a stuck, broken pinch bolt. The (hollow) bolt snapped in half after the friend I got it from over tightened the rear of the stem. both pinch bolts broke, but one before the other. To make up for the missing bolt, which he was able to remove, he overtightened the lower one, and, yeah. Anyway, i removed the back/unheaded half with a pair of pliers. However, I've tried removing the head of the bolt with an allen wrench, and the bolt spins, but doesn't move. How can I get it out?

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« Reply #789 on: August 29, 2013, 05:47:27 PM »
Is changing a crankset from unsealed to sealed just a matter of swapping bearings?

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Re: Quick Questions
« Reply #790 on: August 29, 2013, 06:33:56 PM »
I've got an animal jumpoff remix with a stuck, broken pinch bolt. The (hollow) bolt snapped in half after the friend I got it from over tightened the rear of the stem. both pinch bolts broke, but one before the other. To make up for the missing bolt, which he was able to remove, he overtightened the lower one, and, yeah. Anyway, i removed the back/unheaded half with a pair of pliers. However, I've tried removing the head of the bolt with an allen wrench, and the bolt spins, but doesn't move. How can I get it out?

Sorry cant really follow your description. If you have the threaded half out, cant you just put a 5mm allen key or something similar in from the under side and knock the head end out?

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« Reply #791 on: August 29, 2013, 06:35:14 PM »
Is changing a crankset from unsealed to sealed just a matter of swapping bearings?

Not usually. The unsealed will have threaded hardware on the axle so you will need a different axle too and probably some spacers. Usually makes more sense to just buy better cranks with a sealed BB...

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Re: Quick Questions
« Reply #792 on: August 31, 2013, 11:17:42 AM »
I don't grease bearing seats right? Why is that?

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« Reply #793 on: August 31, 2013, 05:51:21 PM »
I don't grease bearing seats right? Why is that?

I dont know you tell us... laziness? Greasing them is good practice.

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Re: Quick Questions
« Reply #794 on: August 31, 2013, 07:07:59 PM »
I don't grease bearing seats right? Why is that?

I dont know you tell us... laziness? Greasing them is good practice.

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Not trying to stir anything up here I'm just curious - why don't Odyssey/Gsport hubs come with greased bearing seats?
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Re: Quick Questions
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