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  • Workshop: How to keep the wheels turning

    Workshop: How to keep the wheels turning

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    Details of the Calthorpe engine-shaft shock absorber After relining both brakes and scrapping the badly worn cup-and-cone hub bearings, I decided to unspoke the wheels. In the first place, the rims and outer surfaces of the brake drums were so corroded with rust that it was impossible to prepare them for enamelling while the wheels…

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