Re: [CR] Cleaning Campi hubs of old, dried grease?

> Does anyone else simply soak, or hold over a can & brush with kerosene?
> That's the way I have done it for as many years as I can remember & I
> can't say that I have ever had a problem. Kerosene seems to loosen up the
> old grease very well. As a matter of fact, I just finished doing that to
> an off-topic set of hubs that probably had the original grease from the
> mid '80s. They cleaned up very nicely.
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> Thank you,
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> David Kulcinski
> Orange, CA USA
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> From: jim abt <jamesabt@charter.net>
> To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Sent: Wed, May 12, 2010 8:17:17 AM
> Subject: [CR] Cleaning Campi hubs of old, dried grease?
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> Hi Jon: I clean out old dry grease from the inside of bike hubs probably
> more than just about anyone. Yeah, I know it sounds like I am bragging and
> I hate doing that but I am pretty sure it is true. With that in mind I
> still may not be performing the most efficient operation the way that I do
> it but I use Simple Green dilluted 2:1 and use the spray bottle method
> along with a dental type steel scraper where many times that is exactly
> what I pretend to be is a dental hygenist scraping off plaque. I have the
> spray bottle ready and a piece of scouring pad along with old
> toothbrushes. It is a painstaken affair but I think that along with a good
> polishing of either some Mothers or Wizards on the hub shell it gets the
> job done. There is some evidence of the result in my photos on
> eBay...rockhopperbiking is my sceen name and my store name is
> BeeBopaDooBop (can't help it I am a fan of the blues) in case you are
> interested in seeing. Seeya
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> Jim Abt
> Wausau, Wi. USA
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