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I would like to cleanup and try out the old wheels that came with.
The front looks good. Clean, grease, paint, tire.
The back has a bendix but sort of a mess. Rust and rubber needs stripped off. Anyone has suggestions to 60 year old glued rubber or electrical tape off?
I am thinking a heat gun and adhesive remover after.
I did a set of rusty wheels this spring that were worse. I degutted the hubs and soaked the wheels in the cheapest vinegar I could find using a plastic sled. Mine had 3 coats of different ugly house paint. I used a hand held wire brush and got the rust off but some of the paint stayed, good enough. I treated the former rust with Ospho and then put on a coat of Penetrol. They won't rust much again but the spoke nipples will never turn again. I gouged out the rubber with screwdrivers and drill operated wire brush and just put new rim strips over the small amount of remaining rubber. My wheels will be only used once a year for a classic bike ride for one of my wife's lady friends so I didn't want to spend a lot of time on it.