Important things to remember in rd and hub assembly disassembly

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When I diassembled the rd and hub  of the TI mtb, this post forgot certain key points:

1.   For the RD: (Deore XT 8000) no clutch

     1.   When you reinstall the rd, there is a stopper that must be at the bottom and the rid cage must slant 180% not 90 degrees.  When I did not observe this the consequences were:

           1.  The central pulley bumps into the chain stay and the 11 cog dfoes not shift;

           2.  The limit screw does not work,

           3.   You cant remove the ws assembly

 2.  For the RD again   When reassembling the spring assembly, you must turn the cage 180 degrees.   Watch the YT video well, adn you can clear the cable attachment by playing with the parallelogram.  It may look like an impossible puzzle to you (but that is whre thinking out of the box in space topology works)

  2.   The axle lentgth  -  It must be longer at the non drive side and not at the drive side, otherwise, again, you cant shift properly nor get the WS out

   

Cleaning and regreasing of Campy crank

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I met Mario Toledo, my best mechanic,  yesterday at a mountain trail road and hastily I consulted the campy crank, (the bearing of which was just replaced)  which has not be been rotating smoothly.  He advised that I should disassemble, clean, and regrease.

Which I did today.  Removal of the 10mm crank bolt (and reinstalling is a challenge).

True enough the crank axle is dirty and the non drive bearing is a little bit sticky.  So I cleaned the crank axle the bearing, and the crank shell. Generously regreased the bearing and the axle with synthetic lighter grease.   How could they all be so grimy after just three months?   Its good that the bearings were still in good shape.

Now the crank now turn faster and smoother.  I must have lost 10-15 watts with the dirty 

Manitou fork service

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Additional video on Manitou Fork Service😊

Hub Preload adjustment learning

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Rizal Philippines

3.24.2021

Preload adjustment from Park Tools

This post believes that in the hub repair, the preload adjustment can be the most difficult part (in my case the cone on the drive side is defective.     

If it is too tight, it is difficult to pedal and drive the bike, if it is too loose, the wheel wiggles from side to side.  It is challenging to get this right.    Sometimes the tighter tightening of the QR can solve the problem

I love this bike

Real Cyclists

Angono, Rizal   PHL   |  March 12, 2013

Last week, I tried to clean the sprockets of my bike.  I tried the strip of cloth, but still there were dirt inside despite using strips of cloth.  So I had to dismantle the sprocket.  One thing led to another -  the derailleur were also grimy.  I had to remove the derailleur pulley and soak the parts in kerosene to remove the grime.

I dipped too the chain into the degreaser.  Then I checked the ball bearing and grease of the axle.  They are grimy and the grease seemed to have failed.  The ball bearings were also scored.  I have to buy a new set and bought new grease -  the heavy duty type -  the one colored green.

Now my bike looks great and when I used it last Sunday, it rode well (so did I)  I love this bike.

                               I can do the disassembly because I have complete set of tools