Got back to working on the Humpster this week. The BB cups on the sealed crankset we’re gonna require more ‘brute persuasion’ than I wanted to apply to the $50 unit. So, I dug out my stash of cups.
Found a decent ‘sacrifical’ set and rubber malleted them into place (gonna get a true set of Schwinn units and bearings soon). Knowing that the BB tube wasn’t too ovaled, I popped them back out and moved forward.
Got the rear triangle, BB/kickstand area, seat tube and top tube stripped and applied a coat of Rustoleum Rust Reformer, so it wouldn’t flash rust.
As you can see in the pic, I still need to grind the remains on the cable guides from the downtube (may also take the one of the chainstay too). Hopefully, I can steal a few minutes over the weekend to knock those out.
Next, I moved momentarily to the fork, I removed the bottom bearing race and tried on the NOS chrome crown I snagged from eBay.
Made sure to measure where the fork dart decals go, for future reference
Gonna sand out the paint chips, rust, etc and get it into primer next.
That’s it for this update, stay tuned!
