Hi, everyone,
Working on 3 Speed King Pedals, there has been much discussed about the procedure for cleaning and sprucing up, but has anyone shown what you might find when you actually open one of these up? Take a look at these parts. These are the "before" pictures. Will post the "after" pics later.
Looks familiar.....
The springs will come clean quick if you boil them in vinegar.... don't smell the vapors though !!
Here are a few "before & after" pics...
What did you use to get the caps so nice?
I used a small Rotary Tool, (economical version of a Dremel) sold at Harbor Freight, comes with a variety of little attachments including polishing pads. Also purchased a polishing kit there which contains 2 types of ***eler's Rouge. After a little research on the uses for the different colors of rouge, I used the WHITE ***eler's rouge. Took about 2 minutes! Also works like a miracle on old tarnished wing screws and such. Those of you who have a more "equipped" shop probaby have a bench grinder with a polishing wheel you can attach...same results, but this smaller tool seemed better suited to the small job.
What type of grease are you going to pack the bearings with? Mobil 1 synthetic grease is GREAT stuff but a bit stinky. Almost like a gear oil smell. What does everyone normally use here? Pedals look great BTW.
I used a small Rotary Tool, (economical version of a Dremel) sold at Harbor Freight, comes with a variety of little attachments including polishing pads. Also purchased a polishing kit there which contains 2 types of ***eler's Rouge. After a little research on the uses for the different colors of rouge, I used the WHITE ***eler's rouge. Took about 2 minutes! Also works like a miracle on old tarnished wing screws and such. Those of you who have a more "equipped" shop probaby have a bench grinder with a polishing wheel you can attach...same results, but this smaller tool seemed better suited to the small job.
I'm astounded that this post was censored because of the first 3 letters of a word!LoLoLoLo
did you part the foot board and posts, if so what paint did you use, they look great
Beautiful job, johnnyv!
Very nice. I'm doing one as well. Couple questions. How did you remove the pins from the cross piece between the uprights and the pin on the heel piece? What did you replace the pins with? What paint did you use?
