Glad I found this video. It showed me how to take my X5 apart to clean it. I cleaned and silicone oiled the springs. My biggest problem was pitting of the chrome tube and rust spots. I sorted that with white wine vinegar and water (75% vinegar and 25% water) and kitchen baking foil. Scrunch foil into a ball, dip in vinegar water mix and rub in to chrome tube. You will find the foil shapes to the profile of the bar. Just keep working the liquid mix in and change the foil a few times. A blackened watery mixture will develop, but it will remove the pitting and rust. After drying the tube off, I worked a little metal polish into the chrome. You will see some slight marks on the tube, but better than fighting with the pitting and rust, which kept making the tube stick and jar on the insides of the handles. Thanks for making this vid.
That looks great! I love the Union Jacks. I picked up a tatty X5 a few days ago. The handle stickers are almost gone. The power meter is in poor shape and I did think that an adhesive tape measure would probably work and now I see that you have already done it. The power meter ring is still on mine but I did have to make one out of a plastic bottle cap for a mkII a few years ago and it still works fine. btw. Water with a load of salt added and aluminium foil is great for cleaning rust spots off the tube without scratching it. The foil also coats the bare metal. I did this a few years ago on the mkII and the rust still has not come back. Search ""remove rust from chrome"
Nice customizing job. It's YOUR Bullworker. As long as it's functional who says you can't have multiple units both all original and modified? I probably would've never thought to do something like this on my own.
Like you say, it's YOUR bullworker, personalise it however you want to. Put whatever decals suit you, plus why let a perfectly good unit go to waste for the sake of missing or worn stickers. 😊
Glad I found this video. It showed me how to take my X5 apart to clean it. I cleaned and silicone oiled the springs. My biggest problem was pitting of the chrome tube and rust spots. I sorted that with white wine vinegar and water (75% vinegar and 25% water) and kitchen baking foil. Scrunch foil into a ball, dip in vinegar water mix and rub in to chrome tube. You will find the foil shapes to the profile of the bar. Just keep working the liquid mix in and change the foil a few times. A blackened watery mixture will develop, but it will remove the pitting and rust. After drying the tube off, I worked a little metal polish into the chrome. You will see some slight marks on the tube, but better than fighting with the pitting and rust, which kept making the tube stick and jar on the insides of the handles. Thanks for making this vid.
@antonyhalls5322 Thanks for that useful info as well. That is definitely good to know for the future.👍
@@justsotired4022 No problem. I have also used Distilled Malt White vinegar.
@@antonyhalls5322 Thanks. It's all going in the "bag of tricks".
Relaxing vid to watch.
Glad you enjoyed it
Glad I found this--was looking for how to disassemble the X5 in order to lube it. Picked up and old, sticky one.
Nice
That looks great! I love the Union Jacks. I picked up a tatty X5 a few days ago. The handle stickers are almost gone. The power meter is in poor shape and I did think that an adhesive tape measure would probably work and now I see that you have already done it. The power meter ring is still on mine but I did have to make one out of a plastic bottle cap for a mkII a few years ago and it still works fine.
btw. Water with a load of salt added and aluminium foil is great for cleaning rust spots off the tube without scratching it. The foil also coats the bare metal. I did this a few years ago on the mkII and the rust still has not come back. Search ""remove rust from chrome"
Great job, finally a video on how to pull these apart and rebuild them. Custom unit looks awesome, I like the flag Idea. 👍
Thanks! 👍
Neat job, Damian 👍
Many thanks 😊 👍
Nice customizing job. It's YOUR Bullworker. As long as it's functional who says you can't have multiple units both all original and modified? I probably would've never thought to do something like this on my own.
Like you say, it's YOUR bullworker, personalise it however you want to. Put whatever decals suit you, plus why let a perfectly good unit go to waste for the sake of missing or worn stickers. 😊
Nice work Damian. Hello to you from Lancing. 👋
Hello there from Hove 😊👍
Awesome my brother
Thanks ✌️
Great job!
Hi how do you dismantle the old cable Bullworker for maintenance please? Thanks
Where can I get one guys searching for a long and I have one in my home country but iam USA I couldn’t find it