1950 Schwinn Phantom

[SJ_BIKER]

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[1817cent]

Cleaning up and servicing bikes is sometimes more fun than riding. Its nice to see the improvement from when you initially picked it up.

 

[Jay81]

Cleaning up and servicing bikes is sometimes more fun than riding. Its nice to see the improvement from when you initially picked it up.

Thank you, I really enjoy cleaning up and servicing them, and I'm also kind of enjoying doing this thread. I've done many other clean ups before, but don't usually document the process.

 

[Jay81]

Kickstand was pretty rough. No finish left on it. Soaked overnight in Evaporust, rinsed and dried, and applied a light coating of Fluid Film to help prevent re-rusting. Why Fluid Film? I don't know, I had some on hand and figured it was worth a try. Fresh grease and reinstalled.

 

[Rivnut]

If you have a bench grinder, replace one of the grinding wheels with a brass brush. Then go after that kick stand. I use mine for that as well as fender braces and heads on bolts. Then I use a couple of polishing wheels to bring things to a luster, not chrome luster but close.

I also have a small thumb operated grease gun for bearings and races. Much less messy.

 

[Jay81]

And with a ruby lens…delicious!

So, I hadn't noticed anything special about the lens but your comment got me thinking, and now I see it is darker in color than other ones I've seen. Was the ruby lens only used for a short time?

 

[coasterbrakejunkie1969]

If you have a bench grinder, replace one of the grinding wheels with a brass brush. Then go after that kick stand. I use mine for that as well as fender braces and heads on bolts. Then I use a couple of polishing wheels to bring things to a luster, not chrome luster but close.

I also have a small thumb operated grease gun for bearings and races. Much less messy.

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What type of grease are you using in this? I need one

 

[Rivnut]

I use Lucas Red and Tacky. The gun is easy to load but tricky to get the air out before it will work properly. Just read the instructions carefully.

 

[Skiroule69]

I've also had a lot of luck with the POR-15 rust remover. I buy it in gallon jugs. It's kind of expensive but I love it for small fasteners, chains, etc.

 

[Jay81]

Been about a month, haven't really been motivated, but I worked on it some today. Cleaned up the front fender. Also cleaned up a set of pedals I bought on eBay a few weeks ago.