Originally Posted by naisme
I broke a spoke last night on my Surly hub and now have to remove the track gear to replace the spoke. It didn't come off with the chain whip, so I put it back in the drops and stood on the cranks, nothing, yes I did take the lock ring off. Any helpful suggestions would be appreciated. This is the second hub I have that I can't get a track gear off, okay the third, the first I can't budge because in my haste to just pop out the sealed bearings, I didn't realize I would need to have the axle to remove the gears. I now have a hub with no axle, no bearings. Bearings can't be replaced cause the cups didn't come out, can't save the spokes cause I can't get the gear off, so I'm stuck salvaging the rim and doing all over again. This is getting expensive.
If its any good news, I've never seen a cog in 14 years of professional wrenching that couldn't come off. I have howevcer, seen cogs come off with the hub's threads still intact within the threads of the cog. This has always worked for me.
Clean with yes of course WD40. Now, drop some Tri-Flow on bothe sides of the hubs threading, on the sides of the cog. Take both pedals off the cranks. Get a pair of 4 ft steel hollow bars. Get three of you buddies. Put your rear wheel up against a wall. Get your heavest buddy to sit on the bike. Slide both of the bars over the cranks horizantaly with the floor. Get your other buddy to lift the none drive side bar as you stand on the drive side. Dont' worry about breaking a crank.... the cog will strip out the hub before anything breaks.
If in the event your hub strips, cut out the spokes lace up a nes hub in your wheel. At this point, you might want to consider perhaps a Miche Track setup and some nice Phil Wood grease in the threads before you put on the cog and lock ring.
Have Fun !