Originally Posted by
Jinks
I use a hammer and tap on a screw driver to take off as well as to tighten my lockring. It's kind of violent, but I just tap as gently as possible. I've been doing it for a few years and have never had any problems...knock on wood.
Thanks for the idea, Jinks. I tried the very same thing after reading this and it worked perfectly, no damage to the lockring at all.
I discovered my Park chain whip wasn't wide enough to fit over my 1/8" cog, though, so that sucked. I finally wrapped the cog in a hand towel, tightened it down in my bench vise just enough to hold it in place, and turned the wheel. The cog loosened with very little effort and no damage to the teeth.
So, if anyone else needs to get their cog off and doesn't have the right tools, all you need is:
- flat screw driver
- electrical tape (3 layers works well)
- hammer
- small towel
- bench vise
Proper tools are always best, but waiting on tools to ship sucks when you'd rather just fit it and go ride and, if your luck is anything like mine, the LBS will always be closed or out of stock when you need something.