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Removing freewheel from a hub.....
squigly:
The only issue with sticking it in a vice is the fact the tension in the vice is now added tension through the free wheel and onto the hub, but you can get extra leverage by using the wheel to turn it off.
The one on my Tuff was so solid i had to resort to a die grinder to cut though it, maybe i got lucky (i'm used to doing stuff like this) but managed to put a clean slice through the free wheel with out marking the hub, then used a flat blade screw driver to prise the freewheel apart which broke the corrosion (caused by two different metals interacting with one another), was scary business though
MartyC:
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--- Quote from: hiro tonka on July 17, 2011, 05:20 PM ---I'd take it to your local bike shop, saves alot of hassle mate.
At mine I get the freewheel , pedals and crank taken off all for £7 :daumenhoch:
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i usually do but this is just a hub, its not attached to a wheel......
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I'd avoid the LBS route unless you really know and trust them; too many have no idea what they are doing and you could end up with a box of bits and pieces with no hub and no freewheel to speak of!
RoyalTrux:
--- Quote from: Jaymz on July 16, 2011, 02:32 PM ---Ive got a very blunt chisel that i filed the end to a profile to fit notches and just tap it off
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Nice idea. Have to make one.
Love the sig sign Jaymz :daumenhoch:
ED209:
--- Quote from: DJL on July 17, 2011, 05:37 PM ---
--- Quote from: hiro tonka on July 17, 2011, 05:20 PM ---I'd take it to your local bike shop, saves alot of hassle mate.
At mine I get the freewheel , pedals and crank taken off all for £7 :daumenhoch:
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i usually do but this is just a hub, its not attached to a wheel......
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have you got a freewheel tool? can do a lend if needed :daumenhoch:
DJL:
--- Quote from: ED209º on July 21, 2011, 03:59 PM ---
--- Quote from: DJL on July 17, 2011, 05:37 PM ---
--- Quote from: hiro tonka on July 17, 2011, 05:20 PM ---I'd take it to your local bike shop, saves alot of hassle mate.
At mine I get the freewheel , pedals and crank taken off all for £7 :daumenhoch:
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i usually do but this is just a hub, its not attached to a wheel......
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have you got a freewheel tool? can do a lend if needed :daumenhoch:
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appreciate the offer, cheers. tool or no tool i think its going to be difficult without lacing it to a wheel which i don't have......
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