Allez Refurb - Frame done

I have been puttering along on the Allez frame and this morning I got the headset cleaned up via the sonic cleaner.  My goal for the weekend was to reunite the frame and fork so I could clean components and hang them back on the bike.  In the last few weeks I have frame saved the tubes, and dealt with rust.

before

After

I also did some detailed cleaning of the frame so I could wax it.  I really love the look of lugs but they also give lots of nooks an crannies for dirt and grime to collect.

I thought I had found a decent match for the paint at True Value or at least close.

Turns out not as close as I thought, one of these days I will have to get a collecting of Testors colors and try my hand at mixing up paint to more closely match a frame.  In this case the point was really to cover up bare medal before applying the wax but a closer match would have been nice, oh well, metal protected.

I would never put a Free Wheel in the sonic cleaner because it has bearings and grease, but a Cassette is jut a collection of gears, the bearings and grease being in the cassette hub on the wheel, so it can go right in the Sonic bath.

After sonic bath

After Dremel and brass wire brush

The sonic bath got the headset mostly clean and then I finished off the top cup with a brass wire brush to clean it up a bit more.

The newly cleaned bearings were ready for fresh grease (its mostly on the underside) and to be installed on the cone races.

An step 1 of bearing rebuild is done with the frame and fork reunited.

Since I had purchased a brand new Shimano BB, step 2 was pretty straight forward, grease the threads and install the bottom bracket.

Now I have a lot of components to clean up and hang off the frame before I tackle the hubs.

Ride. Smile. Repeat.