Picked these up GT Pegs on the BMX Museum, and figured they'd be worth have a go as restoring as best they can, unfortunately they were 26TPI and all my wheels are 24TPI... but that's easily sorted.
How they looked in the original advert, not bad but not good:
I started with one, and just hit it with some steel wool and most of the surface rust disappeared with some elbow grease. The one on the left is after steel wool and the right untouched.
One of the messy bits was the inside of the tube. The rust was pretty heavy but still the steel wool worked wonders. Again the one on the left (which was the worse of the two) cleaned up well compared to the untouched one.
However there is still the issue of the threads. These are 26TPI, and I need 24TPI... thanks god for tap and die set and I tapped out the threads accordingly. Also it had the benefit of cleaning the rust out of the threads too.
Anyway, they scrubbed up well and they'll soon find their way on to the back of the Performer. Mind you... they'd look nicer in white, but not as usable :)
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