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Just bought this bike, the frame looks potentially like something interesting, it has chater lea pedals and cranks, gb brakes, harden large flange hub on the front, unfortunately the rear was just something plain and newer.
The frame has LE98 stamped on the BB shell. The lugs are fairly ornate and the dropouts are unusual. BB shell has an oil port.
Anyone have any clue what this might be?
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Try taking the lock nut off and taking the arms apart, give them a clean, grease the pivot points and put back together.
If you don’t want to take apart put some spray lube in the pivot point and work it a bit.
Also try undo the bolt holding it to the frame hold the brake hard against the rim and then do up again to try relocating it. That can often work. In fact try that first then try cleaning it up. It might just be fitted a bit too much to one side of the rim.
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It’s not going to do anything other than be difficult to get out. It won’t have weakened it in anyway. If anything it will be stronger.
If it’s only just stuck you may have an easier time of getting it out though. Things like feeding it with penetrating fluid and heat don’t often work but if it’s at the point if only just recently become stuck, you will likely get it out much easier.
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Got a stuck BB and I don’t have a good enough tool.
Can anyone recommend something substantial to get this bar steward out? I’m struggling to find anything
I have tried a pin spanner but it just bent.
If no tool can do it I’ll either make a tool, grind flats to it or cut it out or weld a long bit of bar to it.
Failing that I’ll take it to a shop as an absolute last resort.
But first I want the tool
It’s one of those 6pin types. Any ideas?
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does anyone know whats happening with Freedom bikes, have these guys permanently closed down?
google says permanently closed and their phone line is dead but don't know if its just a virus thing.
they're my go to when all else fails on getting bottom brackets out and other things needing obscure tools
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