Information and helpful tips that I've picked up while doing this.

I made this for pressing the bearing cups into the bottom bracket. I actually find it easier most times just to use a rubber mallet or hammer and wood.

Home made tool for removing Schwinn kick stands.

Remove stubborn grips by using an air compressor with a nozzle on the end. Put the nozzle in the hole of the grip on one end while plugging the hole on the other grip with your thumb. Now blow while twisting the grip your thumb is over.



Other methods (if you don't have a air compressor or a hole in the end of the grip)...

Insert something small such as an ice pick between the grip and handle bar. Spray under the grip with WD-40 using the little straw the can comes with. Work the ice pick around the handle bar to loosen and spread the WD-40.

Also slide adjustable wrench or a wrench of the right size over the handlebars and up against the grip. Tap with a hammer.

Click or Indexed shifting: Any new bike with gears and the old shifters used on internal geared hubs were "click" shifters or indexed. Meaning there are definite, marked stopping points on the shifter where it "clicks" into gear.

Friction: Friction shifters have no definite stopping points or positions. You just keep moving the shift lever until you feel and hear the bike shift to a different gear. Friction shifters were generally used on old "10 speed" style bikes with a dérailleur.

Tires come in all different sizes and widths.
Rim sizes are typically 26", 24" and 20".
Cruisers 26", musclebikes 20".
Widths typically used for cruisers and kustoms...
Ballooner: 2.125"
Middleweight: 1.75" or *Schwinns 1-3/4"
Newer tires can even be 3.0" or wider.

*Note the Schwinn 26" x 1-3/4" tires require a Schwinn S7 rim and will not work on a standard 26" rim.

Some suggested methods for removing rust from chrome...
WD-40 and a blue no-scratch Scotch-Brite pad.
Copper wool (used in the kitchen to clean pans) and liquid chrome polish. The copper is softer than crome so it will not scratch.
WD-40 and aluminum foil.
Quick Glo.
Once rust is removed apply a good coat of wax to prevent re-rusting.