Originally Posted by
maddog34
you just told someone how to ruin a bike hub and freewheel.
and in the future, when telling someone how to ruin an axle's threads, the proper spelling is "VISE".
oh, and the area that someone would hit that particular freewheel to remove it, if they like ruining them, is a Notch, not a Spline.
You absolutely can remove a freewheel you don't intend to reuse with a drift and hammer. I've done it many times when I didn't have the right tool to hand.
Also I'm British, and that's how we spell vice.
I really think you should consider how people would react if you spoke like that to someone's face.
I don't really care if you say something rude to me, but the OP came to you asking for help and you told them (a) the answer was too complicated for them and (b) not to bother trying to do the job themselves. This seems a totally inappropriate response for the "bicycle mechanics" thread and I don't know why you bothered.