Thanks for the offer, I’ll let you know as I progress through the build.
The bike is a bare frame right now, with some stripped bb threads I need to have fixed so it may take a while to get this sorted...
So I’ve put on a new air valve assembly, pumped it up and confirmed no leaks.
When I pump it up to 150psi I struggle to cycle the unit (clamped in a vice, though if I drop the pressure to around 80psi I can cycle it through its travel. When it’s compressing it does make a squelching sound...
Thanks anyway team. I’ll likely get the threads cleaned up and pop in the BB52 and green loctite, as suggested. If all else fails I’ll get the Devcon and re cut threads...
Thanks for the help so far team. As far as blind bearing pullers, is something like this good?
https://www.cleanskinmtb.com/blind-bearing-puller
Any other blind bearing pullers out there I should look at? I prefer to get the best tools I can afford, especially ones that I’ll use often.
Apologies if this has been discussed before: my phone is a spud and the search feature doesn’t work for me on this site, on my phone.
I recently purchased a 2nd hand frame and during the strip down portion of the process I removed the BB to find the drive side threads are in very poor shape...
Thanks @dirtdad. You’ve given me some great info. Pulling the Schrader valve out today felt quite “notchy” and I’m wondering if there’s an issue with the threads. There wasn’t any swarf in the threads but it might be an issue with the existing valve core.... I’ll pop it back together tonight and...
I’ve recently ventured out and bought myself my first full suspension frame, Banshee Rune, and was given a “damaged” Monarch Plus with the frame (for free). I took it as I want to learn how to service them myself and figured it’s already broken so I can learn in safety.
The shock had lost air...
I watched the lathe rebuild clip someone posted earlier after thinking “it’s only one clip: how much time can it take?”
Now I find myself dabbling in all sorts of restoration clips; thinking of reasons to buy tools I don’t know how to use, to spend time I don’t have in order to “fix” things I...
Absolutely love my job! I’ve been in the role 10 years and am hoping I have another 10-15 years on the operational side of my role. After that I’d really like to move into a training role or maybe a specialist department and learn new things while I share what I’ve learnt with the next...
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