Originally Posted by
davei1980
Also not sure what's "wrong" with my method? I truly did not care about destroying the multi speed freehub which I removed. It was bottom of the barrel, dept store Huffy stock. The freewheel pictured for my single speed project is pretty nice, Japanese made and I in no way harmed it using the method described.
Using the proper tool reduces the risk of damaging the remover slots on the freewheel. Once that happens, destructive removal is often your only option.
The proper tool isn't that expensive. Why risk the expense and bother of destructive removal of your "nice" freewheel?