The bike has a new home and is now sat on a wheelable platform with the frame supported by a rotary table delivery crate. This means I can take both wheels out at the same time without the bike falling over and I can work on all sides really easily by pushing the platform around. I'll take a pic that shows the set up properly for the next instalment.
With the rear wheel out I decided to have a look at the rear suspension to work out what parts I needed to track down. With the upper and lower pinch bolts removed, I had to work out how to remove the large tube that the suspension runs on. I re-purposed some Hope Technology bicycle hub bearing press tools, a piece of aluminium tube and a big length of threaded bar to create a press. I wound the tension up then used an aluminium drift on the top to push it through. I repeated this process until the tube was all the way out.
Here are all the bits, the aluminium bits that look like baked bean cans contain a large spring. The aluminium casting with the dropouts contains two brass bushes (that look to be in good condition) and a bottom out bumper (the cracked rubber bit at the bottom). There is no damping
I'm going to try to source replacement bottom out bumpers, hopefully from a similar era Peugeot such as a P55D or maybe a BSA Bantam. Although this one could be reused, the one on the other side is much worse so I'd like to replace them both. Other than that it all just needs a good clean and reassembling.
It's worth noting how neat the 64 year old brazing is.
I'm also keeping an eye out on eBay for interesting Automoto memorabilia so this just turned up from France
I've put together a spreadsheet of the jobs to do, I'm trying to work out how to embed it so you can all see what I've got ahead of me. I'll hopefully have it sorted for the next post
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