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Removing freewheel from a hub.....

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moley:
Get some scrap wood.

Drill a big hole into wood the size of your axle/sticky out piece of hub  (but not as large as the spoke holes).    If you aint got a big drill then use smaller holes to make a larger one.

Use the hubs 18 holes as a template and mark out 18 holes.

Drill holes out to size of spoke holes on't hub (this depends on how you attach the hub to the wood)

Place  hub into large hole on wood so that the spoke holes are flush to the wood and align spoke holes to small holes drilled in't wood.   Use cloth, masking tape etc, etc between hub and wood incase of any mishap that might cause damage to hub.

Put nails, screws, lengths of coat hangers wire, wire or old spokes through hub and wood.    Make sure its secure as they are likely to pull out under force.    Nails would be best  and bent over underneath to stop them coming out.

Thats your hub secured.

Stick wood/hub hybrid an a vice!!

Use freewheel removal tool or chiselly/screwdriver jobby to remove wheel.    If using a freewheel removal tool then use a big spanner for leverage and whack it with summat and if your axle is long then screw the freewheel removal tool down with an axle nut to stop it pinging off (very loosely because as it is removed it will get tight........so  undo freewheel...undo nut......undo freewheel........undo nut etc, etc until you can remove the axle nut and remove freewheel by hand/spanner alone.)

This technique has been used once successfully.    I've not used it again due to not having the need.

The important bit is making sure the hub is firmly attached to the wood!!  :daumenhoch:

Job done.

Spen69:
Bring it to the fixit gazeebo on the helipad and I'll lace it to a knackered rim and get it in my vice to see if it will come off. If not, we'll set Hootski and Animal on it and they'll sort it out ;-)

lammychop:
i just removed a shimmano freewheel what i used was a tap spanner the ones with forks at both ends the main shaft fitted in the shimmano slots a treat put the spanner in a vice lay the wheel on top and it should twist of  a treat

DJL:

--- Quote from: lammychop on July 24, 2011, 05:28 PM ---i just removed a shimmano freewheel what i used was a tap spanner the ones with forks at both ends the main shaft fitted in the shimmano slots a treat put the spanner in a vice lay the wheel on top and it should twist of  a treat

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its not attached to a wheel,  just the hub.....

its for sale now anyway  ;D  blue annodised flip flop 36h sunshine hub with 16t suntour freewheel attached if anyones interested  :)

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