Help, I wanna get rid of a Suntour Coaster !

[brass monkey!]

Okay, I have a v. nice pair of NOS Yellow Tuff 2's, with the older style steel hubs, but they currently have a heavy heavy coaster brake, what's the cheapest and easiest way to remove it and replace with a standard freewheel ? I don't want to drill out the hub btw, I want to keep it 'as is'......

Here's the hub.....





Would one of these do the trick (ACS Freewheel convertor)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=019&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=290103260028&rd=1&rd=1

 

[pickle]

I think that's exactly the thing you need mate 

[brass monkey!]

I think that's exactly the thing you need mate 

 
shame i didn't buy it before the listing ended !!   

[pickle]

Can't you try swapping the pair of em for a pair without a coaster?  saves all the faffing around

[brass monkey!]

Can't you try swapping the pair of em for a pair without a coaster?  saves all the faffing around

believe mne, they are minty !! apart from a couple of scratches and a tingy chip on on spoke (you can see it in one of the pics), so i'd be hard pushed to find the same w/o the coaster.....

[ORB]

JB convertor

Easy to buy one from the best BMX store on the Tinterwebnet

http://www.alansbmx.com/product_info.php?cPath=116_120&products_id=1584

[brass monkey!]

JB convertor

Easy to buy one from the best BMX store on the Tinterwebnet

http://www.alansbmx.com/product_info.php?cPath=116_120&products_id=1584

 

[ORB]

or.....

[brass monkey!]

DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO HAVE TO START DRILLING OUT RIVETS ETC......

GOOD TITLE THOUGH 'GREASE....MONKEY' lol !!

(SORRY CAPS LOCK LEFT ON AGAIN BTW !) 

[BrianP]

I wouldn't go for the acs freecoaster kit Matt, it weighs a fair bit and is only available as 17T.

Mr. Orb's recommendation is way better.

You can lose the anchor arm then, too, and you still get the freecoasting action for fakies.

 

Brian.

[SaMAlex]

But that aint gunna save you much weight is it? the coaster guts will still be in there.

[brass monkey!]

I wouldn't go for the acs freecoaster kit Matt, it weighs a fair bit and is only available as 17T.

Mr. Orb's recommendation is way better.

You can lose the anchor arm then, too, and you still get the freecoasting action for fakies.

 

Brian.

fakies !! ain't heard that expression for a while !! 

[brass monkey!]

But that aint gunna save you much weight is it? the coaster guts will still be in there.

i guess the only way get the weight out is to 'drill' the hub out, so there will need to be a compromise somewhere ? I think i'll have to go for the easy option......ORB's first one 

thanks ORB, thanks gents !!! 

[BrianP]

fakies !! ain't heard that expression for a while !! 

LOL, I was gonna say roll-backs!

(I got a coaster tuff here with the ACS freecoaster kit on it. Worked well, but I ended up with a 46T chainring on the front to get the gearing right. Plus it is, as Chris Moeller might've said, "HAF"...)

 

Brian.

[brass monkey!]

i'm still working on those SE decals matey !

[BrianP]

cheers bud!

 

[jT Racing]

them coasters rock. a bit heavy, but you can skid like feck.

[jT Racing]

does the whole gubbins remain on the hub? because if it stays more or less the same, but then has a freewheel instead of a cog, it will just get heavier? or not