Originally Posted by
Chombi1
Hydrogen embrittlement maybe? Did you by chance soak the FW in a solvent for cleaning? I know it is newish, but a lot of us clean NOS components to get rid of the old grease in them and replace with new.....
You'd have to ask Pastor Bob. He did an overhaul on this unit last year. I know his basic technique, but not the specifics regarding solvents and the like.
I wonder what it was about the cog metal that was different from the Oros and Extras that came before (and apparently had little/no issues)?
There's every chance I can get a new cog in there and be good as new, but I am going to have to put this on a bike I use for easy days. Trouble is, sometimes easy days (like today was supposed to be!) have a way of turning into hammer-time rides
DD