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Offline Devilock

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Stuck freewheel
« on: February 07, 2012, 02:50 PM »
Bastard thing! It makes it more difficult because i dont have a vice, just a 32mm spanner.
I feel stupid posting this but just wondered if there are any tips apart from continued use of force!
Pissing me off!

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Re: Stuck freewheel
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2012, 02:57 PM »
Bastard thing! It makes it more difficult because i dont have a vice, just a 32mm spanner.
I feel stupid posting this but just wondered if there are any tips apart from continued use of force!
Pissing me off!

go to a local bike shop. they usually dont charge anything for 30 secs work !

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Re: Stuck freewheel
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2012, 02:59 PM »
Bastard thing! It makes it more difficult because i dont have a vice, just a 32mm spanner.
I feel stupid posting this but just wondered if there are any tips apart from continued use of force!
Pissing me off!

go to a local bike shop. they usually dont charge anything for 30 secs work !

yep .. you're going to need a vice i'm afraid  :-\

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« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2012, 03:03 PM »
Thought so! Even if i bought one Ive got nowhere to put it! And i do bloody need one.
Thanks anyway guys...

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« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2012, 03:05 PM »
Tiny tip - you could secure the vice to a plank of wood for leverage - I've had to since me shed collapsed..........
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« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2012, 03:06 PM »
Thought so! Even if i bought one Ive got nowhere to put it! And i do bloody need one.
Thanks anyway guys...

i have the same problem  :-\  and for something like a stuck freewheel you have to have one thats bolted to a heavy base ... a clamp on one aint worth sh*t

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« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2012, 03:08 PM »
I use a big vice, before I got a workbench (like I said, me shed fell in on itself) I bolted it to a plankof wood. Plenty o'leverage then. You're right about the clamp on vices though - snapped one clean in two getting a stuck crank arm off.
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Re: Stuck freewheel
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2012, 03:08 PM »
Try  some plusgas on it, or soaking it with diesel but not gauranteed to work and by the time you have bought the stuff LBS would have got it off.....

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« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2012, 03:35 PM »
i took a flip/flop ally wheel from a 1963 racing bike in to the bike shop. the fixed wheel was seized and the freewheel fitting edges were mangled!! neither had been off for decades but i got it back 60secs later , bits in a bag, no charge!

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« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2012, 06:02 PM »
Thats great, thanks guys. Ill try the vice on some wood method...when i buy a vice! Ive got 2 that feel like they're bloody welded on...

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« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2012, 06:05 PM »
If your near Bromsgrove pop over to me and I'll whip it off for ya  :daumenhoch:


Will only charge you a quick reach around  ???
I might actually build a bike this year instead of just hoarding parts :)

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« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2012, 06:08 PM »
If your near Bromsgrove pop over to me and I'll whip it off for ya  :daumenhoch:


Will only charge you a quick reach around  ???

I live in Birmingham but will make the journey just for some action!!

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« Reply #12 on: February 07, 2012, 06:44 PM »
go to a local bike shop. they usually dont charge anything for 30 secs work !
+1

I did this; my shop did charge me but it was like £3 or something and it took them a good 10+ minutes to get it off so, I really was not bothered about the charge..

Good luck!

Paul

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« Reply #13 on: February 07, 2012, 06:50 PM »
I live in Birmingham but will make the journey just for some action!!

Cool  :daumenhoch:

You could always try Sprocket Cycles in brum (0121 633 0730)

The guy who own's it (Ade) is an rider from BITD so he'll love to see it  :daumenhoch:

If your on Facebook just search for Sprocket Cycles  :daumenhoch:

Tell him that a big fat northern monkey sent you..........and he'll charge two a fortune  >:D
I might actually build a bike this year instead of just hoarding parts :)

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« Reply #14 on: February 07, 2012, 06:51 PM »
Yeah i could take them both to where some of my mates work but its about 10 miles away!
Actually, i think my dad has a vice...!

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« Reply #15 on: February 07, 2012, 06:54 PM »
I live in Birmingham but will make the journey just for some action!!

Cool  :daumenhoch:

You could always try Sprocket Cycles in brum (0121 633 0730)

The guy who own's it (Ade) is an rider from BITD so he'll love to see it  :daumenhoch:

If your on Facebook just search for Sprocket Cycles  :daumenhoch:

Tell him that a big fat northern monkey sent you..........and he'll charge two a fortune  >:D

Cant believe Ive not heard of that shop...! Whereabouts in Brum is it?

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« Reply #16 on: February 07, 2012, 07:30 PM »
54 - 57 Allison Street
Digbeth  :daumenhoch:

Where ever than is I've only just moved down to this part of the world

I'm from the Peoples Republic Of South Yorkshire...............................Sheffield

What freaks me out about "you lot" is your don't do gravy on ya chips in chip shops...................................and don't get me started on ya fishcakes  :idiot2:
I might actually build a bike this year instead of just hoarding parts :)

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« Reply #17 on: February 07, 2012, 09:05 PM »
54 - 57 Allison Street
Digbeth  :daumenhoch:

Where ever than is I've only just moved down to this part of the world

I'm from the Peoples Republic Of South Yorkshire...............................Sheffield

What freaks me out about "you lot" is your don't do gravy on ya chips in chip shops...................................and don't get me started on ya fishcakes  :idiot2:

Ha! Well its probably because 99% of the chip shops are owned by ethnic minorities who are not aware of the quite normal dish of gravy & chips! Whats up with the fishcakes...?!!

I think i know what shop it is now...! Yeah Ive spoken to him about bmx! Its a very cramped shop!

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« Reply #18 on: February 07, 2012, 09:09 PM »
Whats up with the fishcakes...?!!

A fishcake is two slices of potato with fish in between and battered

not mashed up fish/potato covered in breadcrumbs  :idiot2: that a rissole
I might actually build a bike this year instead of just hoarding parts :)

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« Reply #19 on: February 07, 2012, 09:16 PM »
Steady now, there could be children reading - I wouldn't want them to learn about the horrors of southern fishcakes  :'(

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« Reply #20 on: February 07, 2012, 09:17 PM »
I reckon most of the chippys in Brum are shit anyway! There is one near me that gives you the option of cooking the chips in dripping...

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Re: Stuck freewheel
« Reply #21 on: February 07, 2012, 09:21 PM »
Actually, i think my dad has a vice...!
He has dude, it's called booze...after listening to you chatting sh*te for hours to him   :2funny:  :2funny:  :2funny:
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« Reply #22 on: February 07, 2012, 09:25 PM »
Actually, i think my dad has a vice...!
He has dude, it's called booze...after listening to you chatting sh*te for hours to him   :2funny:  :2funny:  :2funny:

Well thats the thread killed...!!!!!

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Re: Stuck freewheel
« Reply #23 on: February 07, 2012, 09:35 PM »
Bastard thing! It makes it more difficult because i dont have a vice, just a 32mm spanner.
I feel stupid posting this but just wondered if there are any tips apart from continued use of force!
Pissing me off!
What use of force ya scrawny cnut :LolLolLolLol:
negativity is for chumps,positivity is for champs

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« Reply #24 on: February 07, 2012, 09:39 PM »
Actually, i think my dad has a vice...!
He has dude, it's called booze...after listening to you chatting sh*te for hours to him   :2funny:  :2funny:  :2funny:

Well thats the thread killed...!!!!!
:2funny:  :2funny:  :2funny:  :2funny:
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