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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: telelogic on December 19, 2008, 01:08 PM
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Hi chaps,
trying to get a freewheel off of a mates rear tuff.
putting an amazing amount of torque through the thing and it just won't budge. :yahoo_silent:
maybe we are turning it the wrong way?
do they come of in pedal forward direction or pedal back?
cheers.
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A freewheel tightens as you pedal!!!
So the opposite will loosen it! :daumenhoch:
Leverage is the key!!
I use a long lever and then twat it with a lump hammer!! :daumenhoch:
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Whichever way the freewheel spins freely is the way you have to unscrew it :daumenhoch:
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:daumenhoch:
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:) It used to be called anti-clockwise when I were a lad!
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:daumenhoch:
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put it in a vice, leave the tyre on for grip - left turn clyde!!!
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-Put the freewheel tool on the freewheel, and hold it in place with the wheel nut.
-Put the TOOL in a vice and turn the wheel, like you were driving a bus.
This is THE best way to remove a freewheel. Works even better if you have a nice fat tyre on there for extra leverage.
(Note: make sure that once the freewheel is "cracked" and has started moving, you stop and take of the wheelnut. It wont come off very far with it on there)
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put it in a vice, leave the tyre on for grip - left turn clyde!!!
Or ... like he said :daumenhoch: :LolLolLolLol:
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ha ha sorry Alex - i like your version as well... nicely put.... ha ha
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Do you need a Orangutan to assist!!
Because I'm all out of them!! :(
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Always consider a good LBS ;)
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remember if you are using a left hand drive system, s&M Alex tm, (which you almost certainly won't be on a tuff) you'll need to "right turn clyde"