"Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo" (akioohtori)
09/06/2018 at 20:55 • Filed to: tooty scooty
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"Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo" (akioohtori)
09/06/2018 at 20:55 • Filed to: tooty scooty | 0
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The Tooty Scooty ate one of its rear bearings for whatever reason. Huffy FTW, I guess. Rather than deal with requesting a replacement, I figured I’d just order one on Amazon. They came in today... and are mostly completely wrong.
Ahh well. The probably correct ones are on the way and will be here Saturday. I’ll also swing by the local bike shop and see if that is something they carry.
Fun times.
Berang
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
09/06/2018 at 21:26 |
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is this that motor bike thing?
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Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
> Berang
09/06/2018 at 21:43 |
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Yessir. The bike part failed this time.
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Berang
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
09/06/2018 at 21:44 |
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MO PED MO PED MO PED MO PED
WHAT DO WE WANT?
MO!
WHEN DO WE WANT IT?
PED!
(throw the bikein the trash)
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Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
> Berang
09/06/2018 at 21:54 |
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I like it! It’s weird and pointless.
TheRealBicycleBuck
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
09/07/2018 at 00:27 |
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If the old carriers are still good, you can just pull the new bearings out of the old carriers and add them to the old carriers....
benjrblant
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
09/07/2018 at 09:11 |
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Those are maybe $3 at a local bike shop.
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Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
> TheRealBicycleBuck
09/07/2018 at 09:44 |
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The carriers are, unfortunately , super effed . (<- technical term)
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
09/07/2018 at 09:59 |
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You can go really old school and forego the carriers. A lack of carriers means more space for balls, ergo a smoother ride. By the way, the local shop should have these in stock.
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benjrblant
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
09/07/2018 at 11:36 |
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Entry-pricepoint hubs are usually pretty poor quality, which could very well be why these toasted. Meh steel that isn’t hard enough coupled with meh grease and meh assembly could all be contributing. If you haven’t got a good set of cone wrenches yet, I’d recommend a few choice sizes of cone wrench (13, 15, 17, 19mm) and some good bearing grease for reassembly. Getting the preload right on these is tricky and it’s done almost entirely by feel.
FWIW, when I worked in a shop, hub and bottom bracket rebuilds were always my favorite task. Something super satisfying about getting a crunchy hub, scrubbing it out, and packing new life back into it. I made a substantial effort to steal them from the other shop techs.
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Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
> benjrblant
09/07/2018 at 11:42 |
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I’ve been toying with asking the bike shop how much they’d charge to do the work for me, since I clearly have no idea what I’m doing and there is very little info out there on this type of hub, at least that I can find. I also avoid the bike shop because of my deep shame about this thing.
I did re- pack the bearings with automotive bearing grease when I put it together the first time, but I’m thinking I didn’t get something tight enough or something vibrated loose. The bearing that failed (the other two are fine) was actually bent, which caused it to eject one of the balls, which then got chewed up . I’m guessing something allowed it to get cocked and then the torque of starting the engine bent it. Just a guess but... ahh well.
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benjrblant
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
09/07/2018 at 11:53 |
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Yeah, usually if you’re operating under pedal power, you’d notice the change in resistance. Hopefully that’s enough notice to have it checked out.
Some shops will refuse to service bikes with homebrew powerplants such as yours. You might have better luck just bringing in the wheel as this limits their liability or perceived liability.
Zinn & The Art of (road/mountain) Bike Maintenance are some great books if you’re interested in more bicycle service stuff. The books are updated regularly to include current tech and have good diagrams and tool requirements. I’ve got some old versions, but it’s probably cheapest to get a used current version from Amazon.
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> benjrblant
09/07/2018 at 12:11 |
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I need to check my bookshelf. I used to have that book, but I might have sent it to Goodwill when I figured I wouldn’t own another bike. Oops.
Yeah the plan would be to just bring in the wheel, and bits. I might go that route. Or try the google.