Originally Posted by
Dirtdrop
The earlier Maillard freewheels used a 2-prong puller. It was a poor design, but even Suntour made the same mistake. I had a wheel with one of those large diameter splined Maillard freewheels on it. I ended up removing it "destuctively". I ended up giving a guy that wheelset in exchange for some decals that I'll never get.
I have one of those Maillard freewheels attached to a Exceltoo Super Competition rear hub. I tried the SunTour two-prong remover, but that just created wear spots in the slots of the freewheel. So I bought another two-prong remover, but it wasn't the right size. I'm just about in destructo mode, but it's been a bear to get the cogs off of the freewheel body. It's in the low-priority pile now.
Neal