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Will it klunk HARD?


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Modding-up the hub tomorrow; building wheels Wednesday & Thursday. Friday is buildin' day. Gotta decide what tires to run, depending on what clears on Blunt 35 rims; the rear triangle at the chainstays is the limiting factor. Got a whole gaage full of knobbies to try on for size. :grin: Getting the frame back from powder Friday AM... HOPING to have her built by friday night, so i can make the race. Not entirely sure that's realistic, anymore. But, the April 1st deadline for ths buildoff seems totally obtainable....
 
Rebuilt the coaster today.
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This is a standard Bendix Red Band 2, as-received from a RRB member. (Don't recall who...oops!)
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Took it apart. Really dry in there, with crusted-on grease. Not too thick, but stuck-on pretty good.
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Going to switch some stuff out and add some stuff. For instance, I'm going to switch the basic flanged nutz for some nicer ones, with the captured washers. Of course, I want to use at least one Wald item; this build was lacking anything Wald ("When the best just won't do!"), so i'm rocking the #6003 Coaster Strap. The axle, which may well be older than i am if it's original, will be replaced with a stronger one; Wheels Manufacturing makes a cromo axle in the required 3/8"x24tpi flavor. Let's see, what else, what else? Oh, the standard steel caged bearings will be replaced with freakin' Silicon Ntride (Si3N4) ceramic bearings. I got 50 1/4" balls; I figure i'll need 36 to 38 total. Oh, and more pimpness coming at you, via the stainless-steel Mr.Tick coaster brake arm, which fits Bendix and, apparently, Morrow coaster hubs. It also features a bottle opener.
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I wanted to switch the rear sprocket out, ditching the oem 19t for a new-production Shimano 23t. Turns out (and, after trying to force it on, i kinda re-remembered this), the Shimano would have to be filed down a bit to fit on the Bendix driver. Even the snapring is a wee bit bigger for the Bendix. As my fellow RRBers have been reminding me lately, i have limited time on this build, so i figured "forget that; i'll run the 19t!" I have plenty of chainrings and front sprockets to choose from; i'll sort the gear ratio out later.
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Cleaned everything up, beveled the brake shoes; ready to repack...
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Gonna use the red sauce for this one. Lucas Red'N'Tacky is my go-to for coaster-brake hubs; it has a very high-temp drop-off point, and it lasts a long time between repacks. Plus, the extreme stickiness of the stuff comes in handy when you're converting to loose balls from caged retainer bearings. A lot of bike companies will try to sell you on some high-dollar ceramic-specific grease, but it seems like that's just some snake-oil. Regular grease works fine with ceramic, and these Si3N4 jawns will theoretically spin better and cooler while withstanding higher temperatures than steel bearings. I might not ever need all of that, but i'm pretty much building the most obsessive rear klunker wheel i've ever seen, so....
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Si3N4 balls in the brakeside race. Notice, i left a 1ball-sized gap to allow free spinning; you can see the gap to the left of the brake cone. Don't worry; i slathered plenty more grease on there before i covered all that up with the dust cover, brake arm, and jam-nut.
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Same thing on driveside...
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Greased it up good....
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And the same kinda thing in the driver race...

After that, I of course put the driveside cone and jam-nut on the axle, and tightened it up a bit. Going to save final adjustment for when i'm actually mounting everything. That's all the pics for now; i gotta lace this wheel, right!?
I'll post close-up pics of the rebuilt hub with the new brake-arm installed when i get the wheel built and pics uploaded....

I still have, what, 5 days for this thing? I can do this! (Frame/fork/bars/spider are at the powdercoaters....he says it'll be done Monday....or Tuesday....or maybe Wednesday! OOOOOPS! Better late than never, right? FWIW, i went with RAL6018, which is a shade or two darker than Kawasaki Green, for the bike....
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Should end up looking like some kind of Sprite soda tribute bike, although that really wasn't my intention....
 
Nice! I did make up a 23 tooth shimano cog to fit a bendix. I think I have a 22 and 23. If you want one. I did it for use on my typhoon with og crank but I eventually went with a set of HD chuckz wheels.
 
Nice....I'm gonna run the 19t with a smaller ring up front, but i appreciate the offer for the bigger bits....
 
:21::21::21: Wald fender in the avatar pic. $6.84 shipped

PS- I love that Wald even OFFERS those shortie fenders as an aftermarket component, and $7 is just too cheap to pass up. Awesome company; i hope they stay in business a loooooong time.
 
Me too.... 7 bucks with shipping! Wald 80 fender.

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NOS Wald fork from the eighties. Wald handlebars were $11 from Niagra cycle. Lots of Wald on that Huffy.
 
Updates, kinda....rear wheel is laced, needs to be trued up. Front wheel is well in pieces Ha. Got a call from the powdercoater today while i was working my frame/parts are finished. Picking them up tomorrow. Coming down to the wire here....
 
Get the frame back? I'm curious how it looks in that color

Yeah, sorry. Frame looks rad; bike is about 75% complete. I've always sucked with deadlines; dropped the ball with this one, too. All i need to do is give the wheels a bit more love, cut the chain to fit, and run the disc brake. Hopefully i'll take a few pics "soon"; the RAL6018 really pops with the yellow nonsense i'm running on this one....
 

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