By the way, I have found that vasoline does a wonderful job of restoring the color and luster to faded delrin. Just a few seconds of rubbing a dab of vasoline will do wonders. I like to think it helps retain some of the moisture and may prolong the time before parts start cracking. I've done this on other bikes and the vasolined parts keep their refreshed look for quite a while.
Before
After
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That said, I did have a couple of broken parts to deal with. First was a badly damaged pair of pulleys. They didn't spin at all when I brought this bike home, and I wonder if that's part of the reason the bike ended up in the trash pile.
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Unfortunately, as soon as I started trying to adjust the RD, the high gear limit screw snapped off. I'm going to try to re-attach with some strong epoxy but I'm not optimistic about it's effectiveness. For now, the cable tension is blocking out the movement past the small cog. You bet I cinched that bolt tight! I also improvised a barrel adjuster to give myself a little bit of fine-tuning until I can cludge something else.
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