Originally Posted by
pastorbobnlnh
But inquiring minds want to know:
Did you spill all the bearings onto the floor or workbench? Or were you successful in catching them?
The freewheel appeared clean and unused, so there was plenty of grease inside and the bearings did not pop out when it opened. Capturing everything was no problem, and I suspect the freewheel can be reassembled. It is all sitting in a plastic cup on my workbench. The core did not put up much of a fight coming off the hub, so it did not get destroyed when I put it in the clamp.