Author Topic: Freewheel help? (Read 1401 times)

ORB · « **on:** December 04, 2005, 05:11 PM »

OK,

I have spent the day by fixing up a load of shagged tuffs. I have a few with freewheels that i just cannot free.

I have tried the chisell and mallet method, the soak and then batter method, i dont have access to a decent vice at the moment nor a free wheel key.

Any other tricks i am missing?

I have even smashed the gears off one Shimano one and have tried to get the rest off with a big pipe wrench and its not having any.

Cheers

theRuler · « **Reply #1 on:** December 04, 2005, 05:18 PM »

if its a real sticker and you have no vice, you will need the freewheel tool
put a tyre on the wheel (with a tube!) for extra grip. then swing from yonder wrench.
also if its real tight, a vice would probably chew it up

or hold the wheel while someone hammers the freewheel with a "suitable drift"

when i nod my head, hit it

ORB · « **Reply #2 on:** December 04, 2005, 05:19 PM »

lol...

Tried all that (apart from the vice and FW key bit) some of these are propper old.

I have never used a FW tool yet and i dont intend to start now.

theRuler · « **Reply #3 on:** December 04, 2005, 05:22 PM »

get one off ebay
i succumbed the other week and bought one (after 23 years of bike maintenance)

i feel a bit stupid having wasted all that time clamping wheels in a vice and beating the freewheels with a hammer and chisel.

the freewheel key really does make light work of it.

shouldnt whack you more than a deep sea off the bay

ORB · « **Reply #4 on:** December 04, 2005, 05:25 PM »

but i want to do them NOW!!!

lazychubs · « **Reply #5 on:** December 04, 2005, 05:25 PM »

hope you havent ruined that spare tuff orb lol
and i use the hammer and punch method too
always works for me

gjs · « **Reply #6 on:** December 04, 2005, 07:12 PM »

A pneumatic chisel always works,always,every time without a dout

oberonspacefruit · « **Reply #7 on:** December 05, 2005, 08:47 AM »

not had ONE that has not succumbed to the vice yet. and ive had some right shitters. get a vice orb. you can add it to your collection. alcohol...bmx...them stupid bears...my little pony...