Did a few things tonight
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Finished up with crank washed and cleaned it, applied WD-40 to everything except the screw holes and screws to get rid of any moisture.
Upgraded the screws from cheese head screws (original) to stainless steel allen head screws.
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Applied split washer and a good amount of blue thread locker to each screw before tightening with hand tools. Now that is one happy looking crank!!!
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Here is a way to safely remove the bearing shields without damaging the bearing it self
First take a knife and gently pry up the shield by twisting the knife not leveraging the knife you’ll break the tip off in the bearing (ask me how I know that)
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Then use needle nose pliers to remove the shield (remember to only remove one shield for each shielded bearing)
Why did you remove one of the shields??