Originally Posted by
SurferRosa
Got a hammer amd punch? (A big nail might work, too.) They're the easiest component to fully overhaul.
Hmm, lots of people would disagree. I've done it a half-dozen times but I don't relish it. Keeping the myriad tiny balls in their tracks, while simultaneously keeping the pawls compressed against their springs, is like keeping a lot of balls in the air — metaphorically. If you literally have a lot of balls in the air while reassembling a freewheel, you did something wrong.
Yes I know some tricks, and I can get them back together on the first try, but I wouldn't call it easy.
Maybe that's just me.
pastorbobnlnh, what do you think, easy for most home mechanics?
Mark B