Originally Posted by fritz1255

I have a Motobecane Jubile Sport (early 80's) with a Shimano freewheel. The freewheel gears are worn, so I decided to remove it. Lo and behold, there is no obvious way to do this. It is a Araya rim (27" x 1", made in Japan) with a quick-release Shimano axle and a Shimano 6-speed freewheel. When you take the wheel off the bike and look at the freewheel, there is no part that rotates with the wheel like on a conventional freewheel setup - there is a washer inside the freewheel that rotates with the axle, and the rest of the assembly rotates with the freewheel. In other words, nothing to attach a freewheel remover to. I removed the axle, assuming that there would be conventional freewheel removal splines inside the hub, but no dice - just the bearing cup with loose bearings. Almost looks like this thing is a permanent part of the rear wheel. Any ideas, or should I just give up and buy a new wheel?