Thursday, June 13, 2019

Repairing the Front Brake and Derailleur -- Part 3 (disassembly continued)


The LH brake lever assembly now removed from the bike. 

The shifter cable housing just sits in this hole.

All the shifter assembly parts for the front derailleur, plus the used shift lever assembly that will replace the old one.

The hole for the brake cable is obstructed.  Tried to push the old cable back in and it's very hard to push in...

Will have to clear out this hole.

I was using shop air to blow out some of the debris in the brakes and around the headset & the air pressure blew off some of the paint.  The aluminum is corroding under the paint so it was just a matter of time before the paint would have flaked off.  Will buy some aluminum rust cleaner and stabilizer.  Then, apply some paint to protect the metal.

Same issue at the bottom bracket.  Will clean, neutralize & paint.  This issue is happening in many places on this bike.  A full carbon fiber bike would not have this issue...

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