My starting point was a musty dusty wheel with a dried out tire and I really had no idea when it had last been serviced but I would guess it had been years.
Although tearing into a hub can be a bit of a PIA I have never thought oh that was a waste of time its in perfect condition. As you can see above this hub was nasty, dried out grease, black with age, and it definitely needed of some love.
A bit of work with a Clorox wipe and a paper towel got rid of most of the dried out grease but I still had a ways to go.
Some work with the dremel and brass wire brush got the cup nice and clean. I ran the axle bits through the sonic cleaner to get the cones cleaned up, not perfect but a thousand % better than it was.
Fresh grease and ball bearings got this hub back closer to where it was coming out of the factory 30 years ago.
The rim got a new rim strip as the old one was fairly brittle and I bought a gross of these some time ago and still have a bunch.
The wheel spent some time in the truing stand and I was able to verify that it was in good shape and I didn't end up touching any spokes.
And finally it got a new Sunlite 27" tire. I would have liked to use a gum wall tire but I couldn't find one in the entry level price range I was looking for so I went with the black wall. I think the COVID effect had resulted in gum walls being either sold out or over priced. It was interesting to mount this tire as compared to the Panaracer tires I have been using. Heavier and not as supple but it will be much better than the dried out rubber it replaced. Three bearings down and one more to go.
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