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removing a freewheel from a hub

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Glen:
Any idea how to remove a freewheel from a hub thats been delaced?  I dont have a vice to hold the hub in.  Would lacing the other side provide enough support to remove it?  Ive got the correct tool.

oldtired:
i'd lace it to a junk rim , lace both sides, don't have to to tight just enough to hold the hub , if its a suntour / shimano fw with the proper tool should be easy ,be hard work in a vice wthout damaging the hub, unless its a scrapper then a cheap mini vice from local hardware shop are only about a tenner  :daumenhoch:

oldtired:
 :LolLolLolLol: delaced both sides  then  :LolLolLolLol:  think your going to need a vice , worth trying with one side laced though , support the freewheel side with some wood that spans over the rim  ,   good soak in wd40 ,good smack on the spanner with a biggish hammer , they usually crack pretty easy

SteveG:
Wonder if you could hold the center part of the hub with a strap wrench ? You could do as suggested and lace it up but you would have to bend the spokes a lot to get them in. Could you cut the ends off and just bend a U shape to hook on the hub ?

You probably need hold the drive side of the hub on case the small center section breaks or twists though.

firebird:
Had a thought after we spoke,

You could try and thread the inner cable of a brake cable through some of the holes and lock the ends down in a vice, then spin off the freewheel

Steve

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