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@alfredoosorio17215 жыл бұрын
Thanks to your video now i know what to do but next time try using a vice grip to hold your bar, that way you'll be able to hit it harder.
@jamestodd30545 жыл бұрын
Hi RJ thanks for the video! What/where/How did you buy the right cotter pins? I have the same bike. Cheers
@SiParengBen3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video, really helps the family 👍
@KokWuiLai6 ай бұрын
Ok
@StadtradlerAt9 жыл бұрын
Hello RJ, great videos! I noticed in this video you install the cotter pins with the fixing nuts facing in the SAME direction. However, doing this may cause the crank arms not to be pointing 180 degrees apart. Explanation and remedy: the bevel angle of the first cotter pin will cause the first crank to be facing slightly off the diagonal of the first flat part of the axle. When installing the second cotter pin with the fixing nut facing in the OPPOSITE direction, you will have the second crank again facing slightly off the diagonal of the second flat part of the axle, but in the opposite direction, thus compensating for the off on the first crank, and therefore having the crank arms pointing neatly 180 degrees apart. Greetings from Vienna Austria, Mikko Stout/Stadtradler
@CanyonWanderer6 жыл бұрын
I have fond memories about my peugeot bike: In the summer when I was ~15, I earned money delivering the local newspaper, also taking over from "colleagues" in vacation time. The money earned I used to buy a brand new Peugeot ?H10 in 1979 / 1980 or something like that. I rode it for over 7000 Km before it was stolen. It was such an elegant bike, loved it...
@gazza12868 жыл бұрын
I had a Peugeot racer when I was a teenager. I watched my father repair the cotter pins which didn't fit and also had to be filed down. This video brought back some happy memories. Thank you.
@SinnerSince19625 жыл бұрын
You are a saint to save an old bike like this. Most would throw it in the trash due to it's condition, complex servicing, and rarity of parts.
@darrenjenkins15444 жыл бұрын
I have this model in Blue. It's unbelievable what videos you find on KZbin, this is exactly the solution to my problem. Thank you.
@guigoui3 жыл бұрын
Amazing tutorial. Absolutely exactly what I precisely needed. You have no idea how helpful this is.
@Dogberto99910 жыл бұрын
I'm glad that I'm not the only one to have had the cotter pin problem. To solve my problem, I purchased a can of computer de-duster (compressed air stuff). I turned it upside down, and I sprayed the cotter pin til it was ice cold. After that, I bashed it through!
@christophergreen57358 жыл бұрын
I would have tried using liquid propane... which is very cold stuff. `100 or something. Outside and away from the house, and on a windy day... at the very least wear thick winter gloves while fooling around like this..... Before you install the cotter pins, leave them in a freezer for 8-24 hours (or more): the metal will shrink a bit, so will go into the hole a little easier and farther. :-) Install them right after taking them out of the freezer. You could freeze the with the lube on them...
@Hukkinen3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this freezing tip both of you: it is much more available than heat!! These sort of tricks and tacit knowledge is much harder to acquire, than any this kind of job on higher level. @@christophergreen5735 but wouldn't this freezer trick put them too tight, a trouble for the next guy.. Hmm, perhaps not, as you would spare the 50 mi retightening. Thanks! PS. I think I'll use bolt tar spray, after installing, to keep the rust out..
@johnsheetz66394 ай бұрын
I know this is an old video but maybe somebody will read the comment. About a year ago I got one bike that needed cables, started watching these videos and others. I fell in love with making a bike ride right now I have six. I'm waiting on parts right now so I'm going to have to settle for a ride! There's a couple people that are getting bikes this year for Christmas. I got to clear out space to fix some more!
@Floresnegras682 жыл бұрын
Hello, Your videos are SOOOO helpful and informative. I say Thank you! I would like to say, that if anyone is having the darnedest time getting that Bottom bracket cup off on a Peugeot, its very possible the drive side cup loosens the opposite direction. Clockwise. I couldn't get it off , then I tried the other way and then it came undone. So not all Peugeots loosen counter-clock wise. Hard to say what models had what threading in the mid - late 80's on Peugeots. Thank you again!
@paul37433 жыл бұрын
This is exactly the video I needed to fix up a 1975 BSA Tour of Britain. Great job!
@tomichaubg3 жыл бұрын
I had to do the first part yesterday on a Peugeot mixte. I wasn't sure if it's French or Swiss threading, I had to judge it visually once I took off the adjustable (non-drive side) cup and looking inside. The threads look opposite to each other, so I took the gamble and started hammering my tool on the drive-side clockwise to undo it, and it worked! Phew! But now I have a swiss BB with worn cups, and I don't know whether they're still OK to use. I had to drill my cotter pins and my advice, to make your life easier, buy a cobalt drill bit, they are tough and sharp and go through metal like butter. They are a bit more expensive, I bought a 4mm and 6mm bit separately and they did the job. I'm waiting for my new 9mm cotter pins to arrive and I'll start putting it all back together with the worn cups... If it doesn't feel smooth, I'll take them out again and splash out on some threadless BB cartridge alternative...
@trojka078 жыл бұрын
My 30 years old bottom bracket loosen this morning, first I worried about what to do but your video relaxed my very much. Thanks!
@jffydavy55092 жыл бұрын
This is a good video for a cotter pinned BB overhaul regardless of original nationality of the manufacturer. When removing an old cotter pin apply a real rust breaker, to both ends of the cotter pin, after you loosen the fixing nut about one turn. With the nut loosened one turn, use your hammer on the nut. This can preserve the threads on the cotter pin so you can use those pins again. With that nut on the threads it makes the impact point stiffer and this will transfer more loosening force into the cotter pin slope to loosen it without a drill bit. Another way to avoid drilling the cotter pin. Loosen the nuts, or take the nuts off, spray the cotter pin with rust breaker and go ride the bike. When installing the fixed cup or the adjusting cup one should apply grease on the cup threads and the bottom bracket threads in order to get an even coating on all the threads. This will make it easier to adjust the BB with this installation and make overhaul easier next year or a decade after the install. Trying to anchor, tighten, the cotter pin with the fixing nut RJ is absolutely right. DON'T try to pull the cotter pin into its tightened final position with that retaining nut. The cotter pin will snap into two pieces. That nut is just to keep the cotter pin from backing out, loosening. If the retaining nut does not have a Nylock retainer built into the nut, use a retaining liquid to keep the nut from loosening itself. If you don't want to buy the all time favorite 'Blue' medium strength thread lock, use some finger nail polish on the treads. Fingernail polish color doesn't matter. Before you make your final adjustment of the bottom bracket bearings, install the drive side crank arm. With this arm in place you can use it like a lever to detect a looseness. Lift the arm up to about a 2 or 10 o'clock position and let go. This will let you see how smooth it is moving.
@Garrett19802 жыл бұрын
Thanks, picked up a Coppi folding bike and have never repacked any bicycle bearings before, this helped a lot.
@mikekilburn35522 жыл бұрын
I had a bottom bracket set up just like that on a 1973 echo road bike that I'm redoing right now and I literally it was so rusted I had to cut it off just to get the bracket out. Thanks for this video I've been looking for one like this so I know how to convert that old bracket style to the new one you're the man brother
@moritzecker67663 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the good explanation! On my mid 80s Peugeot the fixed cup was left-hand threaded, just to remind future me.
@SMidberg Жыл бұрын
Its called a Swiss thread.
@georgeshaw6207 Жыл бұрын
Superb video. I have just taken out the cotterpinned BB of a Raleigh Chiltern. But the pedal arms are about 10 degrees out when reassembled. Bit of an odd one so looking at replacing the axle. Lots of different dimensions for the axles but hopefully get sorted. Thanks George UK
@michaelvintage44707 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this video, RJ The Bike Guy. I'm wanting to overhaul the bottom bracket on my '79 Raleigh Superb and you've really made things clear and concise. Keep'em coming.
@shoff5357 жыл бұрын
nicely done! .. brings back memories.. I had a white Peugeot UO8 (UO8s had chromed forks, as in the videos, the AO8s did not) just like that one back in the seventies (rode it until ~mid 80's).
@freebird1ification Жыл бұрын
iv got 1 with the full touring package
@arricastro55438 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your time and attention when reading and answering my ques. your awesome.
@MrGbarton724 жыл бұрын
I'm rebuilding an old racing Bike , these Videos are priceless thank you
@BenSawyer723 жыл бұрын
Im restoring a old peugeot road bike and your video really help me thank
@chrispools7 жыл бұрын
Watching stuff like this is so satisfying
@yovanykleverandradeaguirre50437 жыл бұрын
chuchas
@chaodong46205 жыл бұрын
cotter pin = trouble, thanks for the information
@BarronFujimoto3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for creating and sharing this video (an your many other videos). I just got my mid 70s Peugeot back home and am going to start on the restoration. The cotter pins look daunting, but I'm glad to know it can be done! Also, thanks for linking the tools.
@GarethGordon4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video, and the others. I've just bought a PV10 that needs a lot of tender loving care to get it back on the road, and your videos are a great help.
@frankjames47432 жыл бұрын
Hey RJ... Your videos are so helpful and informative. Those links to those tools you used also saved my knuckles and checked my frustration level. Thank you Sir.
@k0nstntcs7984 жыл бұрын
6:46 “such fun” lmfao I lose it every time 😹
@jaycahow4667 Жыл бұрын
Since it can be hard to adjust the bearing play when reassembling I would suggest attaching the DRIVE crank first since then you can use the crank arm as leverage to see if there is still play while still having easy access to the adjustable cup and lock ring if they need to be adjusted. The bearings might seem fine with no arms attached but still have play when the DRIVE arm is attached and need to be tightened slightly.
@adriaankoster77605 жыл бұрын
Super Nice! Thanks! I am a young bicycle repair mans apprentice and for my own old bike I needed this information since at my work we have mostly modern bicycles with different systems.
@jbirdperez60035 жыл бұрын
Love too see the vintage bikes be work on .. thanks ! Keep em Rollin
@1cargaragenyc6 ай бұрын
oh jeez this is an old video... but just what I need. I have to do this exact thing to my old Atala 5 speed. Thank You
@frosthoe4 жыл бұрын
RJ, next time you try to remove a pin or bolt, heat the bolt with a torch, cool a bit, douse with penetrating oil, repeat, then drive out the pin, it will come out clean and reusable that way.
@sakibey59833 жыл бұрын
Eleven 😃 i just tried aaand the result is unbelievable 👍 thanks
@mattbrooks21197 ай бұрын
Use a cotter pin press ar a makeshift one with ac clamp And a socket, works great and you can reuse the pins
@RyansuBike7 жыл бұрын
I have the same grease gun and it is my favorite bike tool!
@harv85510 жыл бұрын
Upgrading the crank to a modern square taper crank is very easy. The procedure is as you show it up to the point of inserting the spindle. At this point, insert a JIS square taper #5 spindle which is the correct length to work with the original cups. Adjust as you show and then any JIS square taper crank can be mounted. A modern aluminum crank would be much lighter than the steel original and much easier to overhaul the next time.
@mj85sg7 жыл бұрын
can you replace the entire bottom bracket altogether? and if so, what kind of bottom bracket would you need if you wanted a square taper?
@bishplis72266 жыл бұрын
depends on the size, so check it
@bishplis72266 жыл бұрын
replacing the bb is also expensive
@brendonnoble32965 жыл бұрын
But if the threads are both clockwise a modern bb will only fit on one side. I guess an italian thread bb with and english thread cup off another bb might work.
@mixalopg8 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU i have a travel bike based on an old mountain bike and have kind of the same system but the iron balls are conected and always brake the iron conecter......now u gave me the idea to place only the balls inside....... i think we did it old times...... sorry for my english....
@RJTheBikeGuy8 жыл бұрын
Like this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eH_Jg3dqerl3gpI
@christophergreen57358 жыл бұрын
Another enjoyable and educational video. I'm on a bike video watching binge tonight. Thanks, RJ the Bike Guy. :-)
@ghfghfghfghfghgfhgf77753 жыл бұрын
this video is way better than parktool or anything
@m.kasper76463 жыл бұрын
Boogering up the threads hitting on that pedal arm pin. Leave the nut on and loosen it then hit the nut, that way when you unscrew the nut it straightens out the threads if they get smashed a little. I've done it that was since the 70's
@madisonjoyce596410 жыл бұрын
Peugeot road bike? How nice.
@RJTheBikeGuy10 жыл бұрын
Yes. 1970-74 Peugeot. Maybe a UO-8 or something similar.
@tweed092910 жыл бұрын
Nice video. I had a bike in my childhood with exact cotter pin system. Crank arms never kept 180 degree sweep each against other.
@cjmalone45 жыл бұрын
Thank you RJ! I have the same Peugeot and felt the bearings go sour yesterday. This will save make it possible for me to do this myself. Excited and nervous to give it a whirl.
@JavierGonzalez-oe1qq4 жыл бұрын
Impressive work RJ...
@damienbotham31625 жыл бұрын
This video has been so helpful. Thank you so much 😊
@hewsonpaul20019 жыл бұрын
Very Good so many bike do not know even what a cotter pin bottom bracket is ,Excellent ,I have an old Mistral super sport
@1freisinger3098 жыл бұрын
Great video . Just a heads up on the cotter pin. Next time use a air chisel hammer tool with a blunt tip. The pin pops right out and you can even reuse the cotter pin if needed . cheers and keep posting.
@brianjones31914 жыл бұрын
Leave the nut on after loosening it and hit it rather the hitting the cotter pin itself initially
@RJTheBikeGuy4 жыл бұрын
Sometimes that helps, sometimes not.
@tlister672 жыл бұрын
I am most of the way through this job on the same bike. The pins tend to bend when using a tie rod tool, so pressing has limited use. On the drive side it took a lot of drilling to get it out, a lot of work. Using the same method on the left side I had it out in under 10 minutes. Luck of the draw on these.
@tutorialsepeda2 жыл бұрын
Greatings creativiti unlimited👍
@shenhao78947 жыл бұрын
I usually don't remove fixed cup to overhaul the BB unless I need to replace a new BB. And the tool used in this video to remove/tight lock ring are really tend to slip when you apply torque, so need to be really careful using it. One thing I am confused is that my BB shell is clean and the threads are in good condition, so is my BB. But it really could not thread in with only hand, as smooth as it showed in this video. I can only use hand to give it two or three turns then need to use tool. Not sure if there is something wrong in my situation.
@jimbob0367 жыл бұрын
Did you grease the threads (BB & cups)?
@devvarier5 жыл бұрын
pls make a video introducing the tools you have used to remove the nuts/ locknuts and grease-gun and where they would be available online.
@RJTheBikeGuy5 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXPZhnyHiNKemaM
@tylergale29803 ай бұрын
Super helpful. Thank you.
@gpovanmangpovanman69567 жыл бұрын
Good video. Thanks for taking the time to produce a quality video!
@Split10uk7 жыл бұрын
It seems to me the French and the Italians had the right idea here. I know this is rare, but I know someone who built a retro fixie using an old English frame, and one problem he had was the drive side bearing unscrewing. Pedals are made to tighten as we ride, but not the drive side on bottom brackets. I know they can be hard to remove, but I doubt being self tightening would make a lot of difference.
@thisisthewolf95217 жыл бұрын
Split10 i think it would work better right ? probably a bitch to take out but oh well.
@bhridergamingff22863 жыл бұрын
Good video good knowledge repairing of bicycle bottom bracket thank you sir for this video . 🚲🚴🚴❣️☺️
@bolek410 Жыл бұрын
Super Film
@topsterhimself3 жыл бұрын
Very well done sir. thank you
@brianhill857 жыл бұрын
I use a small flat wore out punch after the wd 40 to get pins out
@kervilou59056 жыл бұрын
very good ! i have several little "pijo" in france !
@RJTheBikeGuy6 жыл бұрын
Thanks. FYI, there are three common pronunciations: Peugeot (UK: /ˈpɜːrʒoʊ/, US: /puːˈʒoʊ/; French: [pøʒo])
@kervilou59056 жыл бұрын
i pronunce "pijo", as a joke....... hi! rj ! mich, france
@RJTheBikeGuy6 жыл бұрын
Ahhh! :D
@kakayan8966 жыл бұрын
matur suwun ilmunya mister.. ☺☺
@gavinhitchins3 ай бұрын
Great video, thank you!
@garyrubinoff90082 жыл бұрын
My left crank can move slightly while Rte the drive crank is stationary. Do that mean my axel is possibly broken? Also where's the best place to get parts in Canada/USA? Thanks! Great video btw. Restoring the bike I had when I was 14 . Love it .
@MrSamBowers Жыл бұрын
Try using a butane torch and heat it until it glows red.
@thomashardly28643 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much this is exactly what I needed!
@jameslee54054 жыл бұрын
Great video
@stephendurfee48204 жыл бұрын
this is so helpful, thank you! I just watched your other video, how to make an inexpensive cotterpin press from a top beam clamp = it totally worked! I'm ready to start filing my cotterpins....
@TheReal19534 жыл бұрын
I would have tried a punch fitted closely to the diameter of the bolt.....and a lead hammer....that didn't work I would have tried a regular shop hammer. Maybe a nut threaded on to beat on rather than the bolt itself. Or just let the penetrating oil work at least overnight. Rusted parts 'welded' in place are often unpredictable. My roommate in college my first yr had this exact bike (racing bar in front)....maybe even the same color. I had no idea what a real quality road bike was in those days....I was envious of his compared to my three spd Columbia.
@edoardomariani82954 жыл бұрын
very interesting, it's a Nervar cranckset? could you send the leght of the axle? the bottom bracket shell is 70mm? Thanks
@78a67h6 жыл бұрын
Very good technique throughout. I too like to work without gloves for better feel. What i would object to, however, is keeping your gold ring on in the process.
@RJTheBikeGuy6 жыл бұрын
I rarely take my wedding ring off.
@gastone996 жыл бұрын
Saludos desde Uruguay!!yo también poseo una bicicleta Peugeot y no pude encontrar un video en mi idioma que mostrara claramente el armado del eje centro..muchas gracias ...me va a ser muy muy util.
@marshyabohloulib38482 жыл бұрын
Perfect 🥰 👌👌👌👌
@hadiyasa2678 Жыл бұрын
hello uncle, what is the tool for removing the bottom bracket, and where do you buy it? I'm from indonesa 
@c42792 жыл бұрын
Using a wooden board to hold the crank while hitting the cotter pin is why he could not remove it. The wood just absorbs most of the G-force from the blow. Use something steel instead - or even brick or concrete block.
@candidoibarra9127 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for you help i have a peugeot and i didn't know how to remuve the cup cone is very old too and may be de 3rd or 4 rt owner, Looks the same but in read I give you like
@doztacos8913 Жыл бұрын
RJ... I just purchased a 1985 peugeot p8. Wonder what bottom bracket I'd have? French Swiss British? The bike says made in France
@melinamule1969 жыл бұрын
Job well done,love you videos,i always learn from them thanks
@ianhoward83003 жыл бұрын
Is there a video out there where someone isn’t drilling the cotter pin?
@ericherrera54057 жыл бұрын
use the park tool, much easier ....or use a vice to press the pin out... impact tends to bend or some times break off the pin into two pieces
@BobaPat11 ай бұрын
No way to remove the chain ring from the drive side crank arm?
@jasoncoon78563 жыл бұрын
Is this a BSA bottom bracket on these old Peugeot bikes?
@BrainSeepsOut9 жыл бұрын
One advantage of the vintage bottom brackets-No crank puller required!
@RJTheBikeGuy9 жыл бұрын
BrainSeepsOut Okay....I think removing modern cranks with a $10 puller is a heck of a lot easier than old cottered cranks. And you don't have to replace the cotter pins, which includes fileing the new ones down to match the taper etc.
@BrainSeepsOut9 жыл бұрын
Point taken.
@robertporch52188 жыл бұрын
Just clean the fixed cup in situ and yes a little fiddly!
@bishplis72266 жыл бұрын
but it saved you 10$ ;)
@Turing817 жыл бұрын
Похож на велосипеды "Турист","Спорт" и "Спутник" производства Харьковского велозавода, даже защитный диск на заднем колесе такой же как на ХВЗ. А внутренний размер покрышек интересный не 622 мм как на велосипедах ХВЗ, а 630 мм.
@lornaz197510 жыл бұрын
Do the newer non vintage Italian and French bikes have standard threads on the drive side?
@RJTheBikeGuy10 жыл бұрын
Maybe, maybe not.
@taylerthompson75595 жыл бұрын
how hard would it be to put a modern crank set on an old french bike. I dont like the 70s bulky cranks
@RJTheBikeGuy5 жыл бұрын
You can probably install square taper cranks, but that is probably the limit as old French bikes have different threadings. You would need to buy some square taper cranks, and a French threaded bottom bracket to match.
@mstark774 жыл бұрын
This was very helpful.
@blixetty45955 жыл бұрын
Hi RJ, thanks for another brilliant video. Can you please tell me what the corrugated plastic tube present in bottom bracket is and is it necessary to put it bank in?
@RJTheBikeGuy5 жыл бұрын
It helps keep debris away from the bearings. Necessary, no. Recommended, yes.
@bandguy3602 жыл бұрын
Hi just found your channel and happily subbed. Im hoping you can help me out. I just acquired an early 80s french made pougot. I am turning it into a fixed gear by utilizing the horizontal dropouts. I plan on putting a 120mm hub on the rear with some spacers for the 126mm dropouts. My question is what spindle length should i use to keep the chainline ok? Or should i just rebuild the existing bb and see if that works (trial and error)?
@peterwillson13552 жыл бұрын
Trial and error
@mguerramd2 жыл бұрын
I would coat the cotter pin with anti-seize compound and put a drop of blue Loctite on the cotter pin nut.
@PaulRosham3 жыл бұрын
Hi! Do you think the bottom bearing could be replaced with a cartridge bottom bracket for more modern cranks? My son wants me to convert a second hand frame into a single speed
@leonelgraca6 жыл бұрын
Nice project. Sorry to say I am pretty sure the bearings were 6mm instead of 1/4. So you have put a 6.35mm bearing on a 6mm bed. So its 13thou bigger in diameter so it will reduce the live of those!
@RJTheBikeGuy6 жыл бұрын
Bearings in bikes are mostly in fractions of inches.
@vonrinch3 жыл бұрын
Hi, I really really need an answer for this question. I have this SR Grand Silver Crankset, with the same bottom bracket like in the video, so the question is, can I convert it to sealed bearing bottom bracket? Because I always experience having creaks on my bottom bracket and it's so annoying. I need some help. Thanks!
@gerardkelly47457 жыл бұрын
Hi RJ another interesting video, I was wondering if you have plans to do one with setting up and adjusting these old style gears which would have been fitted to this kind of bike cheers
@nipulafonseka32094 жыл бұрын
you fixed my doubt.....thank you
@Mannalon312 жыл бұрын
Can u use new bottom bracket on this
@jb-lu4vo4 жыл бұрын
I think from my point of view that you should have heated it with a gas torch before drilling it. Anyway thanks for the video and take care.
@roncooke21884 жыл бұрын
I had one today just as stubborn i just put the heat gun on it and out in a flash no knocking shit out of it
@fernandotimm7 жыл бұрын
Hi! Great video! I have a old German bike and I'm trying to take the lock nuts out but I guess the screw is damaged. I twist them and they just turn around and around and don't come out. They are not rounded. Do you think I would need to drill the nut and the pin as well?