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How do you clean a finned rear hub on a 1995 Bullet , it's all furred up and a bugger to clean .

A length of thin leather strapping/belt, looped very loos;y around the hub, tie a knot in the leather. As the wheel spins the loose loop of leather cleans/polishes the hub...

I tried a dog chain but that only goes deep , it's the sides I cant get , the spokes are a real bother , when I Fury it I'll vapour blast the thing then give it a coat of lacquer or do away with the set up and go for the conical hub but so many bits are needed like the 3 type cush drive and sprocket and many other bits , beats me why they went for the finned hub anyway as it cools nothing , a scoop on the brake plate would surfice , mine never gets hot anyway even in Sydneys stop start go traffic . By the way it's a cool place to hide pot ....not that I condone that sort of thing but the space behind the plate is the last place to look unless they have a sniffer dog . Have you taken Drugs Sir ....Man I am a drug , why do you think I ride a Meth fueled Royal Enfield ?....Alan I know you might delete this .

When I say conical hub as per BSA it's not it's just the old steel waisted hub and I dont know if it will fit a 1995 swing arm , I'm sure our hosts will help me on this but it will be easy to clean and might be lighter , not sure if staineless spokes will fit a 18" flanged rim as my spokes have rusted , Quality control was shocking in 95 exports , 1 shock is good but the other rusted very badley , in fact this is just the tip of the iceburg , wiring is shocking and I went through a few regulators before going for the Boyer which is great , I had to chrome all nuts and bolts as the zink was crap , I do love my Enfield and just want to make it even better , a bike is for life in my mind , belt drive clutch and our hosts fancy 5 speed UK made gearbox is on my list as well eventhough I did the close ratio job with new lay shaft bushes ( bronze ) but the selector springs will snap at any given point so I carry spares in my tool kit , OO grease is a must for the Albion box , just mix it with some engine oil to thin it down a tad...man OO grease is so thick it takes ages to pore in , and just as a foot note get some epoxy glue to seal the bush gear operator pin as it weeps .

Electric toothbrush. Then there's a giant one called a "SonicScrubber" for detailing, also found in homewares stores. Manual detailing brushes. For the spokes, a spoke brush (several shapes). Farecla do a thing they call a "UniBall", a foam ball that fits on an electric drill, for cleaning wheels. I oiled the chain so now the rim is covered in a mix of autumn crud and grease but the spokes won't rust. Use the oily rag to prevent rusting. To make grease pour, warm it up.

Just a thought - Epoxy deteriorates with heat. If you want to get it off, take it over 100°C. There are some high temperature 'liquid metal' cements, some like epoxy do not resist oil and grease well, read the destructions. Try Loctite on the pin.

Hi Phil are you in sydney, are you in the royal enfield club of aust. We have a gathering tonight tues at newington hotel stanmore from about 6.30 come along and meet no obligation we talk the best bull in syd.. Hugh.

I moved to Nerang QLD as Sydney became so expensive , the Epoxy will come off with a cold chisle and belive me over the last 20 years I tried everything but it would still weep , new sprocket felts are a must at every chain case removal , OO grease is used for a good reason as the layshaft bushes do wear out fast if not used , I polish the selector system every time I go in and the gear operator assembly must be set just right so my box is as smooth as silk , did you know Albion made boxes for lathes for many many years but went bust when the Enfield company died , I think they put all their eggs in one basket after the war .I like the sonic scrubber idea but will it get the fins next to the spokes ? The leather strap idea sounds good but might catch on the spokes .

Somewhere along the way, I have a feeling that Enfield bought Albion at some stage. if this is correct, then it would explain the synchronised disappearance of both.

Is this correct guys?

Sonic Scrubber - http://www.sonicscrubber.co.uk/products ... -products/

Bristles are roughly about 5/8-in 15mm long, several heads. It's just a big electric toothbrush, takes a lot of the elbow out i.e. it actually works, not another useless gadget. I don't know how deep the ins are, maybe try a stiff old paintbrush.