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A couple of months ago i filled my bike frame with that spray in foam insulastion.
To help with vibration.
Which it dose.
Also i'm sure it helps strengthen the tubing as well.
The problem is is will do what it's supposed to and seep into all the cracks and anywhere it can go.
So my mistake was doing this with my bike assembled.
#1 it oozed out all over for like days.
Including oozing out of my bottom bracket.
So my bottom bracket got pretty much wrecked and started unscrewing itself.
I went to get it replaced at the bike shop cause i didn't have the tools i needed and they said 10 bucks to do it.
Well once he pulled the cranks off it turned into a nightmare.
The spindle and everything was stuck in the frame cause of the foam.
I had to sit there for 2 hrs to carve it all out with a little screwdriver.
What a pain.
Good thing they had this Tap Set to clean up the threads.
They got pretty messed up on the chainwheel side.
So in the end we got it fixed.
New bottom bracket in there.
The guy was a little irritated cause the 10 min job was much more difficult.
Thats why they dont like to work on the motorized bikes.
Finally i'm on my way home and my chain came off the motor side.
What luck.
Wasn't too bad to get it back on but busted one of my spokes.
The spoke is what kicked the chain off.
Musta got in there when it broke.
I do like the foam in the bike.
But if your gonna do it take it apart first.
And make sure you wear gloves.
I got that foam all over my hands and nothing would take it off.
It is worse than superglue.
And i used everything, Gas, Acetone, Laqure Thinner, Paint thinner, ect....
Nothing even helped.
My hands were greasy and dirty when i did it.
That foam sealed all that dirt to my hands.
It took at least a month of peeling and scraping to get it off.
Go buy some and have a blast.
To help with vibration.
Which it dose.
Also i'm sure it helps strengthen the tubing as well.
The problem is is will do what it's supposed to and seep into all the cracks and anywhere it can go.
So my mistake was doing this with my bike assembled.
#1 it oozed out all over for like days.
Including oozing out of my bottom bracket.
So my bottom bracket got pretty much wrecked and started unscrewing itself.
I went to get it replaced at the bike shop cause i didn't have the tools i needed and they said 10 bucks to do it.
Well once he pulled the cranks off it turned into a nightmare.
The spindle and everything was stuck in the frame cause of the foam.
I had to sit there for 2 hrs to carve it all out with a little screwdriver.
What a pain.
Good thing they had this Tap Set to clean up the threads.
They got pretty messed up on the chainwheel side.
So in the end we got it fixed.
New bottom bracket in there.
The guy was a little irritated cause the 10 min job was much more difficult.
Thats why they dont like to work on the motorized bikes.
Finally i'm on my way home and my chain came off the motor side.
What luck.
Wasn't too bad to get it back on but busted one of my spokes.
The spoke is what kicked the chain off.
Musta got in there when it broke.
I do like the foam in the bike.
But if your gonna do it take it apart first.
And make sure you wear gloves.
I got that foam all over my hands and nothing would take it off.
It is worse than superglue.
And i used everything, Gas, Acetone, Laqure Thinner, Paint thinner, ect....
Nothing even helped.
My hands were greasy and dirty when i did it.
That foam sealed all that dirt to my hands.
It took at least a month of peeling and scraping to get it off.
Go buy some and have a blast.