freewheel removal

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For those of you who still have freewheels, here's a way to get the
leverage you may need to take it off:
http://www.geocities.com/twixtplayer/freewheel.html

And this did what to your spokes?

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|> For those of you who still have freewheels, here's a way to get the
|> leverage you may need to take it off:
|> http://www.geocities.com/twixtplayer/freewheel.html
|
|And this did what to your spokes?

Nothing as far as I could tell. I distribute the stress as evenly as
I can, among nine spokes around the wheel.

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Quoted message said:

(My apologies if this appears twice)

For those of you who still have freewheels, here's a way to get the
leverage you may need to take it off:
http://www.geocities.com/twixtplayer/freewheel.html

Why not just simply clamp the freewheel tool in a bench vise after you
have engaged it into the freewheel and turn the rim? You a similar size
to me and I have never had a problem removing a Suntour freewheel
Suntour freewheel using a bench vise, I just have to be sure to securely
lock the freewheel remover tool to the cassette by closing the quick
release on it after it is installed.

If the freewheel was so tight as to require your setup I can not imagine
how badly deformed the freewheel threads must be on the hub. What you
have pictured looks like a way to break or bend your spokes and if the
wrench of freewheel tool slips it could damage the freewheel.

Your threads must have been bonded through corrosion. I hope you put
some sort of anti-seize on the threads before you reinstalled the
freewheel so this does not happen again.

Rich

Quoted message said:

For those of you who still have freewheels, here's a way to get the
leverage you may need to take it off:
http://www.geocities.com/twixtplayer/freewheel.html

I used to find that standing on the wheel rim and whacking the spanner
with a big hammer was quite effective

|> For those of you who still have freewheels, here's a way to get the
|> leverage you may need to take it off:
|> http://www.geocities.com/twixtplayer/freewheel.html
|>
|
|Why not just simply clamp the freewheel tool in a bench vise after you
|have engaged it into the freewheel and turn the rim?

If I could do that, then I could also remove the freewheel without the
extender bar shown in the photo. I'm not strong enough to do that.
Grabbing the rim with two hands may put more stress on the spokes,
where your hands are, than elsewhere. You might inadvertently place
unwanted transverse stress on the wheel. My approach seems more gentle,
since the stress is distributed evenly among nine spokes (actually
eight, since the spoke that broke was one of the nine.)

|
|If the freewheel was so tight as to require your setup I can not
imagine
|how badly deformed the freewheel threads must be on the hub. What you
|have pictured looks like a way to break or bend your spokes and if the
|wrench of freewheel tool slips it could damage the freewheel.

I have reinstalled the freewheel, ridden hundreds of miles without
any noticeable problem, broken another spoke, and removed the freewheel
the same way and replaced it again, ridden some more, no problem.

With the extender bar, the freewheel comes off easily. There is little
to no risk of the wrench slipping.

|Your threads must have been bonded through corrosion. I hope you put
|some sort of anti-seize on the threads before you reinstalled the
|freewheel so this does not happen again.

I noticed no corrosion, stripping, or any other problem with the
threading.

Obviouly an engineer :-3)

I used to just clamp the tool in the vise (Holding it in place against
the freewheel using the quick release) and turn the wheel to loosten the
freewheel.

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Quoted message said:

For those of you who still have freewheels, here's a way to get the
leverage you may need to take it off:
http://www.geocities.com/twixtplayer/freewheel.html

What's wrong with a bench mounted vise?

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John "hasn't failed me yet" ([email hidden])