Originally Posted by b-dizzle
I took apart the hubs today. The bearings and cones look fine, just a little nasty.
@AGuinness- Good idea, I'll pick something up.
@Wogsterca- Thanks, that was helpful. It hasn't been ridden much, and the components all still function, though the brakes squeak. That'll probably go away with lubrication and new pads, right?
@N4zou-We're actually planning on keeping it for my dad to ride from time to time; he's paying me to fix it up.
Brake squeek is for three reasons:
1) if the bke hasn't been ridden in years, then the pads have probably petrified....
2) the toe-in isn't set properly, the front of the pad needs to touch first, slightly.
3) steel rims, they squeek more then AL rims do.
Careful with lube around brakes, you just want to lube the pivots very slightly, keep lubricants of any kind away from rims and brake pads
