Mastodawn

oh yeah i didn't take any pictures but i did finally! make some time to work on the abandoned schwinn today

mostly frame cleaning and dropping more parts into evaporust, but i did figure out that the shifting system is actually... completely fine? it's like the only part that's completely fine but it seems like it's completely fine! so that was a pleasant surprise.

also good: some of the less rusty parts aren't actually rusty at all, it's just rust on surface from contact with other parts. clean it off and underneath it's fine ^_^

front pedal gear isn't so fine tho'. i mean, it's not so bad that it won't work (I _think_) but it's definitely not staying perfectly in plane while rotating.

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Solarbird

Aug 23, 2025

Oh btw what all this means is:

1) both bike store guy AND i were wrong

2) this CAN be removed from the wheel and replaced, albeit as a set rather than as individual sprockets

3) the lowest two gears are the only ones that show wear but they do show wear so in the unlikely event we get to that point I might actually be able to get a new set of gears _without_ having to replace the wheel

so that's good!

price of tool from eBay, with shipping AND tax: $7.93 because I found a return.

(my LBS don't stock this tool, they have them in shop but not on shelf so)

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Solarbird

Aug 23, 2025

THIS.

THIS is what it needs.

Hopefully.

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Solarbird

Aug 23, 2025

i also figured out how to get the axle out after only incurring minor and inconsequential damage

however, that just kind of leaves you with a bunch of free bearings and some of them want to go on walkabout so i had to put it back

on the good side the bearings actually look okay? and once i disassembled it as much as i did it suddenly felt better so the bad bearings part is at least _partially_ external components i can try to fix

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