Fat Chance 1992 Yo Eddy Rebuild

[letmetalktomark]

Did you use the nitromors on the cranks ?

Difficult to shift the grey?

 

[WD Pro]

Yes, the new stuff - its green.

I had heard bad stuff about it but it works well, just differently to the old stuff.

It takes a lot longer to work, but it doesn't dry out as quick either. Just paint it on and leave it for a while and do something else. The paint will either go wrinkly (like the old stuff) or just be very soft afterwards and easily removed with a brillo or similar - it can even be scratched off with a finger nail.

I found exactly the same with the fork, not tried the frame, yet ... ;-)

I have used about 1/4 of the tin in the picture above to do the fork and one and a bit crank arms i.e. about £2.50's worth

The light grey underneath is not paint, its either coloration from heat treatment or ano. If it's ano I think its fairly easy to sand through (based on other ano finishes I have sanded off). The cranks are full of grinding marks / dressing up marks underneath the coating, probably from the shimano factory processes ?

WD

 

[suburbanreuben]

Clunker might have some Groovy Cycles disc forks to suit...

 

[WD Pro]

PM sent - thank you

WD

 

[MCsanandreas]

this looks an interesting project. good luck with it.

 

[WD Pro]

Thank you

Some of the colour scheme is now fixed ...





I was a bit worried about the new purple shade / hue as I had seen various pictures on the net that seemed to suggest anything from old skool 3DV to a deep blue / purple. When it first came out of it's packet it was much brighter then I expected (which was good). Its hard to photograph (it looks lighter in real life) but it's actually quite a good match when compared to new / un faded / old skool purple :



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[RockiMtn]

reg'd for the long haul on updates.

 

[ridevintagemtb]

Some of the colour scheme is now fixed ...

1" right? Looks larger in the photo.

 

[WD Pro]

Some of the colour scheme is now fixed ...

1" right? Looks larger in the photo.

Damn, I should have checked that ...

Yeah, it's a 1" - or at least that what I ordered ... but I have just ran up stairs and double checked !

WD

 

[WD Pro]

Clunker might have some Groovy Cycles disc forks to suit...

PM sent - thank you

WD

Not suitable for 1" ... :-(

I picked a nice stem option up from Kestonian, a bit shorter and more rise than the other options I have :

Although the faceplate is missing it was cheap, the clamp parts aren't cracked and the long bolt was the OE Ti This will be going purple ...

Grips should go quite well with frame colour (team violet or a variation of it) :



I know they look blue on that photo (Sony camera !) My first go at colour correction, this is what they actually look like :



I finished stripping the crank and have sanded out all the scuffs :







I just need to see what kind of a surface finish I need to prep it to ready for coating.

I swapped the rings for a 952 BB :



I think it's had very little use as it is still quite tight and very smooth. I pulled back the non drive side seal (as it's the easiest one to get to) and the grease was clear yellow / looked like brand new standard Shimano stuff

I fitted the BB to clean up the burrs on the splines. It fitted well and I am happy they will be OK



These kind of fixtures and fittings will be getting the purple treatment to :



WD