How to Remove this Freewheel?
03-19-06 | 03:43 PM
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How to Remove this Freewheel?
I have a Motobecane Jubile Sport (early 80's) with a Shimano freewheel. The freewheel gears are worn, so I decided to remove it. Lo and behold, there is no obvious way to do this. It is a Araya rim (27" x 1", made in Japan) with a quick-release Shimano axle and a Shimano 6-speed freewheel. When you take the wheel off the bike and look at the freewheel, there is no part that rotates with the wheel like on a conventional freewheel setup - there is a washer inside the freewheel that rotates with the axle, and the rest of the assembly rotates with the freewheel. In other words, nothing to attach a freewheel remover to. I removed the axle, assuming that there would be conventional freewheel removal splines inside the hub, but no dice - just the bearing cup with loose bearings. Almost looks like this thing is a permanent part of the rear wheel. Any ideas, or should I just give up and buy a new wheel?
03-19-06 | 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by fritz1255
I have a Motobecane Jubile Sport (early 80's) with a Shimano freewheel. The freewheel gears are worn, so I decided to remove it. Lo and behold, there is no obvious way to do this. It is a Araya rim (27" x 1", made in Japan) with a quick-release Shimano axle and a Shimano 6-speed freewheel. When you take the wheel off the bike and look at the freewheel, there is no part that rotates with the wheel like on a conventional freewheel setup - there is a washer inside the freewheel that rotates with the axle, and the rest of the assembly rotates with the freewheel. In other words, nothing to attach a freewheel remover to. I removed the axle, assuming that there would be conventional freewheel removal splines inside the hub, but no dice - just the bearing cup with loose bearings. Almost looks like this thing is a permanent part of the rear wheel. Any ideas, or should I just give up and buy a new wheel?
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03-19-06 | 04:13 PM
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Yup, I think that's it! Did not expect to find a casette on an early 80's bike, but that's what it appears to be. Thanks much!
03-20-06 | 12:13 PM
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www.loosescrews.com has a very limited supply of Uniglide cassette cogs.
If it's not a Dura-ace hub, you could also swap to a 7-speed Hyperglide freehub body. I did that with my road bike. I bought a new 7-speed Hyperglide rear hub (HG-20 I think) cheap on eBay and transplanted the freehub body and cones to a 105 Uniglide hub.
If it's not a Dura-ace hub, you could also swap to a 7-speed Hyperglide freehub body. I did that with my road bike. I bought a new 7-speed Hyperglide rear hub (HG-20 I think) cheap on eBay and transplanted the freehub body and cones to a 105 Uniglide hub.
