Got the steering bearings of finally...

Damn this was much harder than I thought it would be, first I tried prying it loose to no avail. Then I tried knocked it with a hammer and screwdriver and heating it up to no avail, after that I removed the bearings themself as I have ordered new ones and tried hammering and heating the inner track to no avail...

Then I took out my dremel and started to split it and I tought I might get some marks on the other parts but halfway through it just snapped, the tension must have been really high.

First pic when trying to pry and hammer it off.

Then half way through with the dremel it cracked, can barely see the crack but it's there.

And the some hard enamel lacquer where the powder coating was missing :)

Finally first wheel done :)

Finally got the tire onto the first wheel, a'int it a beauty :)

Used a lot of  tape on the tools to protect the powder coating on the rim, also used bits of chopped up air compressor tubes. Worked great, it only chipped at one placed but a bit enamel varnish on it will keep it sealed.

A pic from before starting mounting the tire, tried out the air tube so that the nozzle would fit and such.

A wheel stand!

Built it today for balancing the wheels and to make sure the spokes gets correctly adjusted. One of the old wheels is mounted on it on the pics just to test it, the wheel itself was a bit unbalanced and a bit wobbly...

And but the wheel hubs are done and the bearings are mounted inside them so it's time to get these wheels together. Also gotten two new Heidenau K34 19 tires, better for when riding solo., no pics alas.

Working on the wheel hub...

Got some extra spokes now to replace some old one, also my wheel balance thingy and some other stuff.

Tried to screw on the the outer lock ring before I started cleaning the bearings and things that should be inside but it was impossible to get on and then I saw that I hadn't covered those parts up before the powder coating, neither the brake drum so here's what I've been doing with a pincer and a knife.

Finally, the spokes for the second wheel has been polished...

The spokes and nipples has been don polishing, spent about 6 hours yesterday for 20ish nipples and 4 spokes, it takes some time...

Now I will mount the second wheel losely up and start tightening them and balancing the wheels, will need to fix some stand and read up a bit more on how best too do it.

Hopefully I can get started with that this weekend but there's no real rush.

Small update...

Not much happening during these cold winter months, but I have been polishing spokes and nipples this weekend and almost all is done for the second wheel.

And as Stewie would have said, "I got blisters on me fingers!".

Got the parts painted now

Started rebuilding one of the wheels today :)
Gonna try and take some pics of the other parts to the weekend but here are some pic of the wheel I'm working on and an old one.

Looks a bit better now doesn't it ;)
Note: the spokes aren't tensioned yet as I need some balancer but I'm gonna fix the spokes for the other wheel first.