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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: jimwise68 on July 19, 2006, 06:42 PM

Title: Rear Skyway Tuff - freewheel spacer
Post by: jimwise68 on July 19, 2006, 06:42 PM

Just sourced some yellow tuffs, but the rear is missing a freewheel spacer.

Not sure what bit that is, are they easily obtainable?

Title: Re: Rear Skyway Tuff - freewheel spacer
Post by: BrianP on July 19, 2006, 10:26 PM

doesn't ring any bells jim, can't think what that's for.  ???

Title: Re: Rear Skyway Tuff - freewheel spacer
Post by: ronnie360 on July 19, 2006, 10:59 PM

i cant think what that could be for jim dont think there is one on my rear tuff wheel  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Rear Skyway Tuff - freewheel spacer
Post by: adeshere on July 19, 2006, 11:08 PM

Post a pic of what you have got and maybe we can guess whats missing

Title: Re: Rear Skyway Tuff - freewheel spacer
Post by: billstup on July 19, 2006, 11:13 PM

Might be a casette type freewheel  ???

Title: Re: Rear Skyway Tuff - freewheel spacer
Post by: jimwise68 on July 20, 2006, 09:25 AM

I don't know what it is either.  :LolLolLolLol:

Just about to buy some mint yellow tuffs but the bloke says that the freewheel spacer is missing????

Just thought that someone might know what it is.

On my tuffs the freewheel just screws on.

I'm sure it will be usable. He prob just means the freewheel.

Title: Re: Rear Skyway Tuff - freewheel spacer
Post by: Preston Pirate on July 20, 2006, 10:10 AM

My guess, like you say, is he means the freewheeel..

Ask him to send a picture of what's there and explain what he means is missing...

Title: Re: Rear Skyway Tuff - freewheel spacer
Post by: jimwise68 on July 20, 2006, 10:26 AM

Have done Mr Pirate.

Let the mystery unfold.  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Rear Skyway Tuff - freewheel spacer
Post by: Bren Gunn on July 20, 2006, 02:52 PM

I think it may be the very wide washer that goes between the cone and cone locking nut on the spindle, it's about 1/2" long.


Bren ;)

Title: Re: Rear Skyway Tuff - freewheel spacer
Post by: gjs on July 20, 2006, 06:43 PM

There should be a large washer(spacer) that goes on before the freewheel,about 3mm thick.Thats why its always a nightmare getting freewheels off because everyone looses the spacer.It stops the f.wheel locking on really tight ;)

Title: Re: Rear Skyway Tuff - freewheel spacer
Post by: Rombloke on July 20, 2006, 07:11 PM

no i fancy that bren is correct, its a small piece of tube that fits over the axle before the final cone lock nut, thus giving you a bit of space between the freewheel and the rear dropout.
easily obtainable at your lbs



Dave

Title: Re: Rear Skyway Tuff - freewheel spacer
Post by: BrianP on July 20, 2006, 08:49 PM

I take it this is only an issue on the newer (old) tuffs Dave?

My old set (alloy hubbed) don't have it, but my newer (still old) plastic hubbed tuffs do.  ???

Jim, what sort you getting?

Bp.

Title: Re: Rear Skyway Tuff - freewheel spacer **PIC**
Post by: jimwise68 on July 21, 2006, 09:28 AM

No looks like GJS is correct looks like the thread is missing.

Can these be purchased?

here is a pic

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/j135/jimwise68/DSC00717.jpg)

Title: Re: Rear Skyway Tuff - freewheel spacer
Post by: BrianP on July 21, 2006, 10:15 AM

Cool! cassette type hub skyways  8). not so many of them about now. (i had a red set of those back in '82 on my first bmx (mongoose) with steel hubs front and back).

shimano dx cassette hubs (at least the newer black ones with red logos) and also the odyssey cassette hub driver come with a spacer behind the sprocket.

that'd be the ticket of it was the same spline configuration as on ur tuffs.

might be worth seeing if you could get one of those to try? someone on here may have swapped their regular odyssey driver for a one piece type and has a spare driver lying about which you could use as a donor for the spacer if it was the same spline set-up on the freewheel.
Plus it's only alloy, so if necessary u could easily modify it to suit.

(and if they are the same spline configuration as your skyways, it means you can go down as small as a 12t sprocket on the back...)

Bp.

Title: Re: Rear Skyway Tuff - freewheel spacer
Post by: jimwise68 on July 21, 2006, 10:44 AM

Nice one Brian.  :4_17_5:

You da man.

Title: Re: Rear Skyway Tuff - freewheel spacer
Post by: BrianP on July 21, 2006, 10:53 AM

;)

u've pm matey.

Title: Re: Rear Skyway Tuff - freewheel spacer
Post by: jimwise68 on July 21, 2006, 10:56 AM

Bri you might have to send again, it hasn't come through.

Title: Re: Rear Skyway Tuff - freewheel spacer
Post by: BrianP on July 21, 2006, 11:02 AM

anything yet?