Let Battle Commence

Of course it's not all going to be plain sailing, is it? It would seem that at some point or another the bike is going to fight me, so with that in mind, let battle commence...


Top bolt is out, the bottom one was quite happy where it was and the 10mm head was almost perfectly round.

24 hours of being basted with Silkopen, a bit of heat and hammering and voila! It would appear someone in the bikes past liked threadlock. And I mean really liked threadlock...

 

I should probably put four new bolts on the shopping list...

My Lidl rattle gun whipped off the disc bolts, they were similarly threadlocked down which isn't a bad thing. But I'm taking the discs off to assess just how warped they were, and then I found this:

 


Only half of the gasket that should be there to reduce dissimilar metal corrosion was present. It was similar on the other side, and whilst min thickness is stamped on the discs as 3.5mm both discs are 3.65mm. So if they're straight, then hopefully stripping off all the remaining gasket material should mean they run true.

 


That looks pretty straight to me! Best get the wheels cleaned up and see if it's good.

If this has been even vaguely amusing and you've got time to have a rummage down the back of your sofa you could always throw a couple of those coins into my sponsorship page. The ride is for Cancer Research and sadly half of us born in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in our lives.

https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/spikesldu

Thank you very much!

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