thanks for all the help everyone! i'll check and see what brand the hub is after i get off work today. i do have a parts washer at work, i could always soak the hub in that. taking the spokes off is pretty intimidating to me (well, not taking them off but putting them back on), but i'm sure its something i can google.
yup, that was
easy
i love old bikes. i'd restore them all day if i could find enough people to buy them. too bad the scrap metal craze means i'll never find another one. but i do have a few 20" frames from when i was younger. one is a chrome kawasaki frame, stem and handlebars, with a front plastic "GT" rim. heck, i even have "license plates" for them. remember when some cereal (maybe kix?) had the metal bike plates for all 50 states? i have almost all 50. all of this stuff is stashed in my mom's barn (200 miles away), since i don't have a workshop of my own yet. next time i go visit i will take lots of pictures.