Roll-Monroe-Co

Helping a friend clean up and rebuild her Raleigh International (pics soon, I PROMISE!). Never touched hubs this nice and don't want to screw anything up.

How do I remove the dust covers without messing them up? (Or do you think I shouldn't need to?

Also, what freewheel tool standard for a Regina freewheel?

Thanks guys.

dbakl

Don't need to. Clean inside with a brush or rag before adding new grease and bearings.

I don't think I ever successfully removed a Regina freewheel, the strip for the tool just peels away.

Bianchigirll 

The only way I know is with a screwdriver and prying them out but that bends then.

You might be able to use a brearing tool like for removing cartridge bearings from a Suntour Sansin hub, but that is tricky too.

dbakl

A pin wrench, a pair of channel locks and a trashcan.

ColonelJLloyd 

I pry them out gently with a plastic tire lever or similar object.

JohnDThompson 

You shouldn't need to, but if you really want to, use a cartridge bearing puller:



That depends on whether your Regina freewheel has the notched body of the splined body. For the notched body use an old-style Dura-Ace or a Bicycle Research or Park Regina two-prong remover:





If you have the (much better) splined body, use a Phil or Zeus freewheel tool:

Roll-Monroe-Co

Thanks guys! I think I'll just leave those alone. This bike has been sitting for 15 years, so I thought it was time for a rebuild, but the bearings ive seen so far are immaculate and the grease still plenty juicy. Wish I had left it all in place, but I guess you never know what you'll find in there.

JohnDThompson 

The best tool for removing the two-prong body is the Campagnolo "I" tool, but you don't see them around very often anymore:

jeirvine 

I leave them in, and use bent q-tips to clean up under them. There is a surprising amount of grease up in there.

seypat

In the past when I have had a particular tough 2 slot freewheel to move, the best method I have found is to make your own remover. Find a flat, square piece of scrap metal that is a little bigger and wider than the space in the slots and between. Say a 1 1/2" square by 1/4" thick. (think of a slotted screwdriver fitting into a slotted screw) Grind the piece of metal until it will barely fit snug into the slots straight across. It must fit tight and have no play either way. Take the axle out of the hub. Put your ground metal piece into a bench vise with the ground part facing up. Mount/seat your wheel/hub/freewheel onto your homemade remover. Put some downward pressure on and give it a slow, firm turn. This method has never failed me yet.

repechage

Or use pipe cleaners as one would buy at the tabac shop. Or many art and craft stores as I do.

lowlife1975

i use a regular old box wrench to carefully pry, 15mm. have never bent one dust cap yet. i use a appropriate socket to help drive it back in evenly.

Charles Wahl

I've got one of those cartridge bearing pullers like in the first photo JohnDThompson posted, and it works great for just this purpose. Those dustcaps harbor a lot of crud.

KS120196

[QUOTE=JohnDThompson;13909547]You shouldn't need to, but if you really want to, use a cartridge bearing puller:




Gentlemen,

I just found this thread and have a question: how do you use this tool? I don't understand how you can apply enough force to remove the dust cap with this thing. Photo(s) showing how would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.