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I'm not sure what model this is but several early freewheels had the largest couple of cogs that threaded on from the BACK.
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Perhaps https://sheldonbrown.com/freewheels.html will help you out.
Out of curiosity, why are you disassembling the freewheel in the first place? Replacements are generally cheap enough that it's not worth rebuilding them.
If you're trying to remove the freewheel to service the wheel hub bearings, then you're going at it all wrong. You need a freewheel removal tool and a big adjustable wrench and the entire freewheel will come off as a unit.
Out of curiosity, why are you disassembling the freewheel in the first place? Replacements are generally cheap enough that it's not worth rebuilding them.
If you're trying to remove the freewheel to service the wheel hub bearings, then you're going at it all wrong. You need a freewheel removal tool and a big adjustable wrench and the entire freewheel will come off as a unit.
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Originally Posted by supcom
Perhaps https://sheldonbrown.com/freewheels.html will help you out.
Out of curiosity, why are you disassembling the freewheel in the first place? Replacements are generally cheap enough that it's not worth rebuilding them.
If you're trying to remove the freewheel to service the wheel hub bearings, then you're going at it all wrong. You need a freewheel removal tool and a big adjustable wrench and the entire freewheel will come off as a unit.
Out of curiosity, why are you disassembling the freewheel in the first place? Replacements are generally cheap enough that it's not worth rebuilding them.
If you're trying to remove the freewheel to service the wheel hub bearings, then you're going at it all wrong. You need a freewheel removal tool and a big adjustable wrench and the entire freewheel will come off as a unit.
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Originally Posted by HillRider
I'm not sure what model this is but several early freewheels had the largest couple of cogs that threaded on from the BACK.
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Originally Posted by toolboy
I'm intrigued! Any ideas as to how to get them off?
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Nope - no place to insert a freewheel removal tool - I have them all and there just insn't a place to insert them.
Maybe Sheldon Brown will chime in with the solution.
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Originally Posted by supcom
Your photos didn't give much to work with, but with a little image processing, I see what appears to be a few splines down below the axle nuts that should be for a FR-1 freewheel remover.....
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Oh the shame! I could have SWORN there were no splines in there but the FR1 found them! Thanks for your patience.
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Originally Posted by toolboy
Oh the shame! I could have SWORN there were no splines in there but the FR1 found them! Thanks for your patience.








