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Old 03-13-07 | 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr.Deltron
The worst freewheel removal I ever did, was when I had to disassemble the whole freewheel. I mean I unscrewed the lock ring and let all those little bearings diperse themselves all over the shop. I then clamped the inner freewheel race in the vice. It still took 3 of us turning the wheel before it broke loose! And of course when it did, we all ended up in a pile on the floor!
I had to go this route on a '62 Atom FW on my Continental. I didn't use the vice for the final twist off. Instead I went with a 16 inch pipe wrench!

Good luck in Finland. For the life of me I can't figure out how your QR and skewer worked. Did you remove the axle before trying to take off the FW?
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