I have an older schwinn world traveler.The kick stand is welded on it and I was looking to remove just the kickstand part of it. (No welding equipment.) Does anyone know how I can go about doing that? I've tried pounding the **** out of it, but no luck.

By the way, its an older Japanese Schwinn World Traveler

If hammering it out doesn't work.... and you really want it out..... cut the cylinder that holds it in half. Then buy a Greenfield. Because honestly, if it's not a Greenfield, it's not a kickstand. Words to live by my friend.

If you look carefully there's a cotter on the drive side. Push that out with a drift punch or a nail and the kickstand will pop right out.

Be very careful doing this! There is a spring inside that will release and send parts flying when the pin comes out. If you can compress the spring with a C-clamp or channel-locks first, then remove the pin, you should be okay. Schwinn made a tool for this that your LBS may have, especially if you ever want to put it back together.

There's a really easy way to do this but it takes two people (or three hands).

First identify two parts:

1. On the non-drive (left) side, there is a silver collar where the kickstand rod meets the housing.
2. There is a small round pin on the underside of the kickstand housing. (you can see it there in the photo)

Lay the bike frame flat with the drive side down so that the collar is facing upward.

With two flat head screw drivers, one on either side of the collar, push the collar evenly into the housing to compress the internal spring.

Have your friend pull out the pin with a pair of pliers.

The kickstand will come out easily once the pin is pulled.

If you also want to remove the kickstand housing, you can cut the welds and supports with a hack saw.

I bought the Park tool for removing them. Works like a charm although its kinda pricey, I have several Schwinns and probably will end up with more so I thought the investment was worth it. I used the Channel lock pliers method once but it didn't work so well for the other bikes. You have to employ the perfect amount of force or that pin isn't coming out and even with a piece of cloth between the teeth of the pliers and the bike there is still the chance of messing up the paint work, not a problem if you don't care but if you are installing the kickstand to a refurbished or newly painted frame then its a problem.

Cool. Thanks for all the feedback. I removed it with pliers by pulling out the small pin from the bottom side of the bike. It took me a few tries though. The pin came out best when I opened the kickstand. No parts flew anywhere or were under too much pressure. I wouldn't mind taking off the kickstand housing but talking to Dr. Deltron changed my mind. It would definitely weaken the frame a bit and probably turn into more of a hassle than not. When the bike is complete the kick stand housing isn't going to stand out that much anyways.

I don't agree with a word of that! The bombproof kickstand was the best thing those old Schwinns had going for them. Clamp on kickstands result in crushed chainstays.