I thought I would post some pics of tearing apart my new '46 Schwinn DX. It is pretty much a base model. No tank, no trusses, no light, etc. I picked up the bike last weekend. The bike has a few nicks, paint blemishes and faded paint, but overall I am real happy with the condition. Here is the before pic that I posted in the "Schwinn" forum last week.
First thing I did was pull the crank. There was a bit of surface rust on the crank arms, but it cleaned up VERY well. The crank arms have AS & Co on one side and 9620-A on the other.
The sprocket is near perfect....
Cleaned the bearings with carb/parts cleaner and they look brand new.
The rear hub sounded really nasty and was very rough to turn. I think the grease on the hub was at least 50 years old. It was hardened and a real pain to clean off. A few hours later and I had the hub parts all over my bench and the shell/spokes cleaned up.
I found some schematics and a tutorial on how to rebuild the hub. A couple of hours later, I had everything back together and butter smooth!
I also went ahead and cleaned/rebuilt the front hub as well. The rear wheel needed trued in a bad way. The front wasn't as bad, but I put them both on the truing stand and now they are spot on.
Tomorrow I am going to start cleaning up the frame and hopefully get everything re-assembled.
First thing I did was pull the crank. There was a bit of surface rust on the crank arms, but it cleaned up VERY well. The crank arms have AS & Co on one side and 9620-A on the other.
The sprocket is near perfect....
Cleaned the bearings with carb/parts cleaner and they look brand new.
The rear hub sounded really nasty and was very rough to turn. I think the grease on the hub was at least 50 years old. It was hardened and a real pain to clean off. A few hours later and I had the hub parts all over my bench and the shell/spokes cleaned up.
I found some schematics and a tutorial on how to rebuild the hub. A couple of hours later, I had everything back together and butter smooth!
I also went ahead and cleaned/rebuilt the front hub as well. The rear wheel needed trued in a bad way. The front wasn't as bad, but I put them both on the truing stand and now they are spot on.
Tomorrow I am going to start cleaning up the frame and hopefully get everything re-assembled.