Weird freewheel removal - aka off cursed freewheel
03-19-07, 04:36 PM
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Weird freewheel removal - aka off cursed freewheel
I'm trying to remove a freewheel from a 700c wheel. I ended up buying a Park FR-5G whose splines fit the freewheel pattern. That's when it got strange...
I spent a few minutes tightening the freewheel by mistake - duh. Why? Because that's the only direction the freewheel resisted with the socket installed. After a few tries I put my other 4-spline socket on another handy wheel and notice the freewheel locked in both directions clockwise, and [desired] counterclockwise.
Checking the recalcitrant freewheel I noticed the entire freewheel, including the center portion that is immobile on the comparison wheel, rotates when moving counterclockwise.
Is this some trick?
looks like an octopus mawl
I spent a few minutes tightening the freewheel by mistake - duh. Why? Because that's the only direction the freewheel resisted with the socket installed. After a few tries I put my other 4-spline socket on another handy wheel and notice the freewheel locked in both directions clockwise, and [desired] counterclockwise.
Checking the recalcitrant freewheel I noticed the entire freewheel, including the center portion that is immobile on the comparison wheel, rotates when moving counterclockwise.
Is this some trick?
looks like an octopus mawl
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03-19-07, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by rhenning
It is not a freewheel but is a cassette hub. You need a chain whip to hold the cassette while you remove the lock ring. Roger
edit - I had some fun [and probable incorrect use of a chain whip]. Apart from perhaps bending the large cog I don't think I made any progress. Is there any service I can do on this beast without removing the cassette? I don't like the idea of a wheel I cannot maintain.
edit #2 - took it to the LBS and they broke their chain whip.
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Is there any service you need to do that requires removing the cassette, other than putting on a new cassette? Anything else you can do around the cassette - truing, repacking, etc.
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Originally Posted by tellyho
Is there any service you need to do that requires removing the cassette, other than putting on a new cassette? Anything else you can do around the cassette - truing, repacking, etc.
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