Originally Posted by
bikemig
This is a useful thread even though it's been dead for 5 years. Thanks to
Metacortex for a ton of good info on these Schwinn approved Maillard freewheels. I'm fixing up an early 70s Gitane mixte and I have a set of wheels I pulled from a 70s Peugeot UE 8. It has one of these freewheels which makes me think that the threading is likely English and that the wheels were not original to the bike. I don't have the Bicycle Research CT 3 tool though,
It's 30 mm in diameter. The only source I've found for the tool is a seller in Greece (why Greece? no idea) who has cornered the market on these with 10 on hand,
:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Maillard-FR...EAAOSwYxBaEU-~
At $38 shipped that's too rich for my blood for a tool I will use once.
Have you talked to an older, established bike shop? There were bazillions of these installed on Schwinns years ago and an older shop should have the tool.
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