Which direction to turn to remove freewheel
06-07-13 | 09:46 AM
#26
Hogosha Sekai
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I remove freewheels with one of these:
With the wheel horizontal (freewheel side up) and nothing more than the weight of the gun holding the removal tool in place (no vise or skewer necessary), one or two short bursts and it's off. I haven't done it yet but I believe with an impact gun you could easily remove a freewheel from a hub where somebody has cut the spokes.
With the wheel horizontal (freewheel side up) and nothing more than the weight of the gun holding the removal tool in place (no vise or skewer necessary), one or two short bursts and it's off. I haven't done it yet but I believe with an impact gun you could easily remove a freewheel from a hub where somebody has cut the spokes.
06-07-13 | 09:54 AM
#28
Hogosha Sekai
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Oh I have no doubt it gets the job done, I've used a few impact guns I was more having trouble with picturing the wheel staying in place with just the drill weight.
06-07-13 | 11:06 AM
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I use the gun pictured, which weighs 4.2lbs. Combine the weight of the 1" socket (to fit the tool) plus my hand there is probably 6 or 7lbs of force holding it in place. The impacts are so short in duration that the inertia of the wheel seems to absorb most of the rotational force, it's virtually effortless to hold the wheel still (resting freewheel side up on an open cardboard box) with just one hand.
06-10-13 | 06:04 PM
#30
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I have a big Wilton vise too. But quite often I just prepare the wheel with QR skewer as recommended, then place the wheel on the ground in my shop, tire fully inflated if present, and put a huge adjustable or open end wrench on the freewheel tool. You can put a lot of gorilla milk on a big wrench when you are pushing straight down toward the ground with the wheel on the ground.
