But it's ver easy to take two turns out at one turn at a time - why leave it all twisted? And make sure to remove the freewheel . Ive found in most my five and six freewheels that I can take a fat washer at least and put it non drive side. Most hubs leave a seven speed compact or six with lots of space for the bottom cog from dropout rub. Every Japanese bicycle Fuji MiyTa Centurion I do this to the hubs and also toss the crap bb they seem to always use ( stud mount )


UOTE=old's'cool;19543143]I'twistedm not sure I'm following the question, but if you're asking are the rims being damaged over time being left laced and tensioned with the two missing spokes, no, very unlikely (aSSuming you're not riding it in this condition ). Any damage to the rims (i.e. permanent warping) was already done when the hub broke, and during the presumably short period between that event and when your ride came to a halt.[/QUOTE]