Originally Posted by
kanenas
Barndoor, I sent you PM. Scooper, great information, thanks. I have subscribed to many forums, this is the first one that has been helpful.
OK, so the original freewheel was a Regina. Now, I need to remove the existing Shimano freewheel. I seem to recall that the original Regina was permanently bonded to the hub from old age. When it was time to replace it, the bike shop had to saw it off. In the attached picture you will see the sawed-off circle, and the more recent Shimano freewheel. This repair was performed around 1998, so the Shimano freewheel dates from that period. The question is, what type extractor do I need to extract the Shimano freewheel?
Wow... that is bad news! Looks like this one will have to be removed destructively also, however, notice the prong removal system is exactly the same as a regina... could it be they combined a regina and shimano? There may be a say to tell... if the threading is stamped on the back of the body as it was with early reginas like F.F. or F.I. you would know it's a regina... I'm pretty curious, that is an old shimano and i wouldn't surprise me one bit if their early freewheels were exact copies of regina. BUT as kurt said it is unlikely but if you know of no attempt to remove the existing freewheel then why is it so damaged?
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