Bicycle Mechanics - spoke back wheel concord pro II

I have an old concord pro II that needs some new spokes on the back wheel. It has some sort of spoke guard (see attachment)that evidently needs to come off first, though. It's not immediately obvious (to me) how to do this. Any thoughts? Thanks, Larry, ursoft2@juno.com

most of these are drop on or force fit. If no threading is apparent then a screw driver or small prybar of the type used to remove base board or molding should pop it off. Looks like it needs to be trashed anyway. The photo is a bit dark at the critical point on the hub. Steve

Please do not shoot the messenger of bad news, Larry, but, if I am reading your somewhat dark/obscure photo correctly, i.e., if you have an old-fashioned freewheel instead of a modern freehub, you have disassembled the freewheel body instead of unscrewing it from the hub. You need to procure a 2-prong freewheel puller, secure it into the two notches on what's left of your freewheel body, and carefully apply the prodigious amount of anticlockwise torque needed to unscrew it from the hub. The pie plate will then indeed simply slide off the end of the hub. If you have lost any of the ball bearings, pawls, and/or springs, you may want to procure a new freewheel.

John E is 100% correct on this one. You have created more work than was ever necessary for this job.

-Ryan

For the amount of work needed to rebuild the freewheel, and it will be a lot of work if you took the freewheel apart to get the spoke guard off, you may want to just use whatever big tool you might have (huge channel locks, pipe wrench, etc.) to remove the freewheel hub and just buy a new one for around $20. You may also be able to find a new wheel for less than $40 +$20 for the freewheel.

I would just take the wheel to a bike shop and have them remove the freewheel body. See if they can find you a freewheel that will fit the hub spacing. FYI, if I remember correctly, the Concord Pro II was a pretty nice bike; all chrome moly frame/fork, Sugino Mity Competition racing crankset, and Suntour VG derailleurs. Sold for $250.00 new in the mid Seventies.

Hey, it's Larry - the original poster. Thanks for the info. As it turns out, it was threaded - but I sure had a heckuva time getting it loose.
ps... 1200 foot/pound? No wonder your 5 and 6 keys don't work.