A Proper Rat Rod

[Jude Ephesus]

@Wildcat was right….. the cotter pins tapped right out of the proper rat rod:

The crank arms…. Not so much

 

[Jude Ephesus]

Good progress today

 

[Jude Ephesus]

Wheels ready for super scrub.

Pulled the front wheel with ‘R’ nuts off the brown bike, swapped PRR front wheel onto brown bike.

 

[ingola]

Look at your other Raleigh's your

Good progress today
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20 bucks Canadian on Amazon probably cheaper there

 

[Wildcat]

@Wildcat was right….. the cotter pins tapped right out of the proper rat rod:

The crank arms…. Not so much
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I would put the other crank back on with the pin, then turn the chainwheel side, it should break free. Maybe a couple gentle taps.

 

[Jude Ephesus]

The more I work on this thing, the more daunting 12:00 noon 7/31 looks!!!!

Got some paint this evening: gonna try to get the fenders done this weekend

Per the vote: satin it is!

 

[Jude Ephesus]

So…. This thing is A LOT of work!

Slow steady progress.

I have this guy almost 100% stripped to bare bones.

@Wildcat was mostly right: I put the other crank arm back on and got the other arm and chainring off

My neighbor saved the day with 2 huge pipes for leverage as I could get the crank arm to spin, it definitely wasn’t ‘tapping’ off with a hammer!

All good and in a really good spot for some ‘faux-Tina’ and some fresh decals:

 

[Jude Ephesus]

I do have a question here…. A couple maybe; ( @ingola )

First is there anyway to separate the crank arm from the chainring or are they pressed together and 1 piece?

 

[Jude Ephesus]

And, I was really scratching my head here: the cotter pins removed from the proper RR are different than the ones in the green bike:

I guess that’s why the pins in place looked so odd….. they’re completely different sized pins:

 

[ingola]

I do have a question here…. A couple maybe; ( @ingola )

First is there anyway to separate the crank arm from the chainring or are they pressed together and 1 piece?
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No you can't the cotters on the green bike are the right ones

 

[Jude Ephesus]

Finally, I got some cosmetic work done on the fenders and fork.

Cleaned them up and am looking to try to fade the black and green together with some fake patina painting

 

[Jude Ephesus]

Finally, my neighbor had this!

-he tried to give it to me, but I insisted on giving him a few bucks for it!

 

[ingola]

Finally, my neighbor had this!

-he tried to give it to me, but I insisted on giving him a few bucks for it!
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I have a few really old ones I'll find them

 

[ingola]

I do have a question here…. A couple maybe; ( @ingola )

First is there anyway to separate the crank arm from the chainring or are they pressed together and 1 piece?
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I've ground them out and made super cool clocks

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Finally, my neighbor had this!

-he tried to give it to me, but I insisted on giving him a few bucks for it!
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Hahaha how dorky are we, getting all excited about old oil cans. But I remember getting all excited when I found an old tin 3in1 bottle in grandfather in law's garage

 

[Jude Ephesus]

Hahaha how dorky are we, getting all excited about old oil cans. But I remember getting all excited when I found an old tin 3in1 bottle in grandfather in law's garage

It actually has lube in it… I plan on using!

 

[One-eyed Sailor]

The last 2 weeks have been a whirl wind from prom, to softball games, end of school year banquets and ceremonies; had a kid graduate from college…. Getting a bash set up for him and my #3 child who graduates from high school in 2 weeks….. oi vey!

Good onya Jude!
The very definition of Dad Bike!

 

[Jude Ephesus]

Good onya Jude!
The very definition of Dad Bike!

I’ve got a few surprises to give this guy a little ‘edge.’

 

[Wildcat]

Those chainwheels are fixed to the crank arm for good. If I remember, there are 12 ball bearings loose in each cup of the BB. That's why I keep one of these in the toolbox:

 

[Jude Ephesus]

Those chainwheels are fixed to the crank arm for good. If I remember, there are 12 ball bearings loose in each cup of the BB. That's why I keep one of these in the toolbox:
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All the headset bearings are uncaged - I had fortunately done some research and when i did the fork swap, I had shallow boxes placed underneath each bike to catch the BBs as they fell and put top and bottom BBs in separate bags for the rebuild.

(I had bikes laying on their side)

I may not totally rebuild the bottom bracket as its super smooth now.

I may just blast it with carb cleaner, lube and ‘work‘ and see what I come up with.