Bringing a Speed King back up to speed
Earlier this year, I bought an old Speed King for $25. It was in pretty nice condition, but I couldn't resist the thought of tearing it apart and seeing what I can do with it, LOL. Here it is when I drug it home..
I spent a couple hours disassembling it and cleaning it up. A few seconds of heat from a torch, and the bearing caps literally fall right out. A spray can of carb cleaner and an oil gallery brush was all it took to clean out all the old, hard grease. Here's all the (now clean) parts, ready for reconstruction...
I spent an hour at the hardware store with digital calipers, picking out some nylon bushings, washers, roll pins and a few assorted nuts & bolts. Here's the pile of new parts to be added. Total cost was about $4.00...
Tomorrow I'll begin the rebuild. I'll try to post detail pics...just in case someone wants to try something similar, they'll have a better idea of how these old gems are constructed.
-Brian
"Too many crappy used drum stuff to list"
Play the SONG......not the DRUMS!!!
"I think that feeling is a lot more important than technique. It's all very well doing a triple paradiddle - but who's going to know you've done it? If you play technically you sound like everybody else. It's being original that counts." ~ John Bonham
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