Originally Posted by
MichaelW
I use the vice method but you need a huge lump-of-metal-vice bolted to a solid wooden bench, not one of these little clamp-on things. Most garage workshops have a vice and they generally they you spin off a freewheel. [...] .
I see what you 're saying, however I managed to break two large vices bolted onto my wooden bench. And I am not that strong, really.
[...] When fitting the freewheel, grease as advised above, and reverse thread the freeweel, spinning by hand with the tool, till it click into position, then tighten by hand. You don't want to cross-thread a cheap steel freewheel with an expensive aluminium hub.
Good advice, and as I said, my stuck freewheel has had a liberal coat of Phil's grease upon installation, which did not help at all.