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Title: Help, I wanna get rid of a Suntour Coaster !
Post by: brass monkey! on April 20, 2007, 10:14 AM: Okay, I have a v. nice pair of NOS Yellow Tuff 2's, with the older style steel hubs, but they currently have a heavy heavy coaster brake, what's the cheapest and easiest way to remove it and replace with a standard freewheel ? I don't want to drill out the hub btw, I want to keep it 'as is'......

Here's the hub.....

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g48/noahnhenrysdad/YellowSkyways001.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g48/noahnhenrysdad/YellowSkyways002.jpg)

Would one of these do the trick (ACS Freewheel convertor) ???

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=019&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=290103260028&rd=1&rd=1

;) :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Help, I wanna get rid of a Suntour Coaster !
Post by: pickle on April 20, 2007, 10:17 AM: I think that's exactly the thing you need mate :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Help, I wanna get rid of a Suntour Coaster !
Post by: brass monkey! on April 20, 2007, 10:20 AM: Quote from: pickle on April 20, 2007, 10:17 AM
I think that's exactly the thing you need mate :daumenhoch:

:daumenhoch:
shame i didn't buy it before the listing ended !! :( :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Help, I wanna get rid of a Suntour Coaster !
Post by: pickle on April 20, 2007, 10:21 AM: Can't you try swapping the pair of em for a pair without a coaster? saves all the faffing around
Title: Re: Help, I wanna get rid of a Suntour Coaster !
Post by: brass monkey! on April 20, 2007, 10:23 AM: Quote from: pickle on April 20, 2007, 10:21 AM
Can't you try swapping the pair of em for a pair without a coaster? saves all the faffing around

believe mne, they are minty !! apart from a couple of scratches and a tingy chip on on spoke (you can see it in one of the pics), so i'd be hard pushed to find the same w/o the coaster..... :-\
Title: Re: Help, I wanna get rid of a Suntour Coaster !
Post by: ORB on April 20, 2007, 10:41 AM: JB convertor :)

Easy to buy one from the best BMX store on the Tinterwebnet

http://www.alansbmx.com/product_info.php?cPath=116_120&products_id=1584
Title: Re: Help, I wanna get rid of a Suntour Coaster !
Post by: brass monkey! on April 20, 2007, 10:59 AM: Quote from: ORB on April 20, 2007, 10:41 AM
JB convertor :)

Easy to buy one from the best BMX store on the Tinterwebnet

http://www.alansbmx.com/product_info.php?cPath=116_120&products_id=1584

:daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Help, I wanna get rid of a Suntour Coaster !
Post by: ORB on April 20, 2007, 11:08 AM: or.....

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v290/orb200181/BMX/Mag%20Scans/CoasterBrakeInstallation84Page1.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v290/orb200181/BMX/Mag%20Scans/CoasterBrakeInstallationSkywaysApr8.jpg)
Title: Re: Help, I wanna get rid of a Suntour Coaster !
Post by: brass monkey! on April 20, 2007, 11:24 AM: DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO HAVE TO START DRILLING OUT RIVETS ETC......

GOOD TITLE THOUGH 'GREASE....MONKEY' lol !!

(SORRY CAPS LOCK LEFT ON AGAIN BTW !) ;)
Title: Re: Help, I wanna get rid of a Suntour Coaster !
Post by: BrianP on April 20, 2007, 11:55 AM: I wouldn't go for the acs freecoaster kit Matt, it weighs a fair bit and is only available as 17T.

Mr. Orb's recommendation is way better.

You can lose the anchor arm then, too, and you still get the freecoasting action for fakies.

:daumenhoch:

Brian.
Title: Re: Help, I wanna get rid of a Suntour Coaster !
Post by: SaMAlex on April 20, 2007, 12:00 PM: But that aint gunna save you much weight is it? the coaster guts will still be in there.
Title: Re: Help, I wanna get rid of a Suntour Coaster !
Post by: brass monkey! on April 20, 2007, 02:20 PM: Quote from: brianp on April 20, 2007, 11:55 AM
I wouldn't go for the acs freecoaster kit Matt, it weighs a fair bit and is only available as 17T.

Mr. Orb's recommendation is way better.

You can lose the anchor arm then, too, and you still get the freecoasting action for fakies.

:daumenhoch:

Brian.

fakies !! ain't heard that expression for a while !! :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Help, I wanna get rid of a Suntour Coaster !
Post by: brass monkey! on April 20, 2007, 02:22 PM: Quote from: S&MAlex on April 20, 2007, 12:00 PM
But that aint gunna save you much weight is it? the coaster guts will still be in there.

i guess the only way get the weight out is to 'drill' the hub out, so there will need to be a compromise somewhere ? I think i'll have to go for the easy option......ORB's first one ;)

thanks ORB, thanks gents !!! :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Help, I wanna get rid of a Suntour Coaster !
Post by: BrianP on April 20, 2007, 03:04 PM: Quote from: monkeybiscuits! on April 20, 2007, 02:20 PM
fakies !! ain't heard that expression for a while !! :LolLolLolLol:

LOL, I was gonna say roll-backs! ;)

(I got a coaster tuff here with the ACS freecoaster kit on it. Worked well, but I ended up with a 46T chainring on the front to get the gearing right. Plus it is, as Chris Moeller might've said, "HAF"...)

:daumenhoch:

Brian.
Title: Re: Help, I wanna get rid of a Suntour Coaster !
Post by: brass monkey! on April 20, 2007, 03:07 PM: i'm still working on those SE decals matey !
Title: Re: Help, I wanna get rid of a Suntour Coaster !
Post by: BrianP on April 20, 2007, 03:09 PM: cheers bud!

:daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Help, I wanna get rid of a Suntour Coaster !
Post by: jT Racing on April 20, 2007, 05:59 PM: them coasters rock. a bit heavy, but you can skid like feck.
Title: Re: Help, I wanna get rid of a Suntour Coaster !
Post by: jT Racing on April 20, 2007, 06:02 PM: does the whole gubbins remain on the hub? because if it stays more or less the same, but then has a freewheel instead of a cog, it will just get heavier? or not ???