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phantom photon:
I had that once with a set of Suntour hubs I bought - was a right bugger to get the freewheel off  :tickedoff:
Tried lacing one side but the spokes just kept flexing. Ended up putting the freewheel in a bench vice and crushing it till it seized then twisted the hub to free it off :daumenhoch:

skids:
There is another way if the spokes have been cut [but it is very time consuming]
1:you trim all the cut spokes so that they are all the same length[eg: 2"]
2:you rethread the short trimmed spokes
3:you get an equal amont of good spokes,and cut off the bent ends [hub end]
4:thread this end also[keep them as uniform as possible]you will have straight spokes threaded at both ends
5:get some long nipples[furnar furnar]and screw them down equally to the spokes on the hub
6:take the newly cut lengths and screw them into the other side of the nipples-
what you are doing in effect is, extending the trapped/cut spokes that are stuck in the hub,using a nipple as a join to an extention.
7:lace to any rim in any fashion,and remove freewheel in normal way.
I know this is long winded,but if the hub is super rare etc,it will be worth it!!!!
.........................Skids

Zippy:

--- Quote from: Gary72 on December 04, 2008, 08:34 PM ---
--- Quote from: Zippy on December 04, 2008, 07:32 PM ---Too late cos I had to bugger the hub to get the freewheel off.

You can't lace the wheel with the freewheel on because the spokes will only go in on the opposite flange.

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Zips they must have been able to get the spokes out even if they cut them in half??

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The hub came as just a hub with no spokes in so the freehweel must have been removed and then put on.  :idiot2:

MartyC:

--- Quote from: Zippy on December 06, 2008, 09:59 AM ---
--- Quote from: Gary72 on December 04, 2008, 08:34 PM ---
--- Quote from: Zippy on December 04, 2008, 07:32 PM ---Too late cos I had to bugger the hub to get the freewheel off.

You can't lace the wheel with the freewheel on because the spokes will only go in on the opposite flange.

--- End quote ---
Zips they must have been able to get the spokes out even if they cut them in half??

--- End quote ---

The hub came as just a hub with no spokes in so the freehweel must have been removed and then put on.  :idiot2:

--- End quote ---

Might not be on that tight then, try using a plumbers doobry to grip the hub with and remove the freewheel, just a thought  :-\.

southern andy:
I did it by accident a month or two back. It didn't even cross my mind to remove the Freewheel first before i removed all the spokes.
It was only when i finished when i thought bollox what have i done. :idiot2: :idiot2: I took the hubs over to Sawzell when visiting last week and showed him and they came off very very easily thankfully.

Still we all learn from our mistakes and i wont make it again. :LolLolLolLol:

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