Originally Posted by
HillRider
You really can't do that. A vise can't clamp onto the stationary core of a freewheel unless you completely disassemble the freewheel. I expect the shop had the correct removal tool clamped in the vise and just placed the wheel over it and used the rim to spin off the freewheel. This is a common technique.
+1
A freewheel will just spin if you try to clamp the cogs.
I don't understand all the fuss here. You just put the appropriate tool in the vise, pointing up, lay the wheel on top of it, engaging the tool and crank on the wheel... works like a charm. Honestly this is a common-as-dirt operation
