carchaeology: 12/16/19

Monday, December 16, 2019

Started removing the Crankset from the Miele Bike

First, remove the "dust cover" from the middle of the crankset.

Then, remove the bolts on either side.

Using a chain "breaker", remove the old chain.

Next, I need to use a crank puller tool to remove the crank from the drive side and the crank arm from the LH side. I have the tool...

The front derailleur shifter is the one on the LH side of the downtube. It's simply removed by turning the loop/adjuster (no tool required).

This shifter is not "indexed" so it's pretty simple.

Looking in my spare parts bag, I found several LH Dura-Ace levers (the parts in the middle of the picture are the ones that came off the bike).

I was thinking about swapping in the Dura-Ace lever for the 600 lever, but the Dura-Ace lever is missing the two inner pieces that go inside the lever.

These are all the parts. Notice that the lever has a washer inside (from this side of the lever).

Close up picture of the washer inside the lever (it has a tab at the top that keeps it from rotationg)

The other side of the lever has a metal piece that is captured inside of a groove and has stops at both ends where it meets the raised "C" shaped portion of the lever...