Sunday, May 25, 2014

Disassembly notes

Show routing of the chain through the chain tension-er.

This is where the seat posts were connected to the frame. That's how it was when we bought the bike but I'm not sure it's right. They might be better attached to the braze on to the left on the frame. That would leave the rear one for a rack. But this is how it was and how my wife rode it.

Mirror attaches into the end of the handlebar.

Seat attachment nuts.

This shows the bolts on the bottom of the seat. You can see the tubes that they are inserted into.

I put the seat attachment hardware into a small ZipLock bag and taped it to the seat post.

The rear derailleur attaches with a recessed allen bolt. Use a 5mm allen wrench for it.

I had to cut off the ferrule to get the derailleur wire free of the derailleur. I have a supply of these so I put a couple in the bag with the derailleur in case you don't have any. Just use a needle nose plyers to crimp one on the end of the cable after you've reattached it.

This bike has a threaded stem. This shows the bearing parts and lock ring for the top of the steerer tube.

Here's all the bearing and headset parts in the right order. the 3 on the left are the parts in the above photo. The 2 on the right are the lock rings for the top of the steerer tube.