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09-04-16, 09:55 AM
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Mystery tools
At a garage sale, my brother found and bought for me a box of freewheel removers. It's quite a little treasure trove and I've used them plenty. Two tools in there have me stumped though.
The ratchety looking thing is bigger in diameter than a BSA BB shell. The lower part of the two piece unit on the right looks like it should just about fit a Shimano cartridge BB but doesn't. The upper piece on that one fits a Regina freewheel.
Ideas?
The ratchety looking thing is bigger in diameter than a BSA BB shell. The lower part of the two piece unit on the right looks like it should just about fit a Shimano cartridge BB but doesn't. The upper piece on that one fits a Regina freewheel.
Ideas?
09-04-16, 10:06 AM
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One on the left is a ratchet ring tool for removing a ratchet ring from a cassette freehub. See one in use here:
https://www.whiteind.com/high-engagem...-instructions/
18 teeth on it is consistent with the ratchet rings in some hubs.
https://www.whiteind.com/high-engagem...-instructions/
18 teeth on it is consistent with the ratchet rings in some hubs.
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The item on the right is Atom - Maillard. The smaller piece is a remover for Atom freewheels and the larger a remover for Maillard freewheels. The Atom remover is of the original pattern where one must remove the axle locknut and spacers in order to fit it into the freewheel.
The hole in the top of the larger piece is intended to accept VAR tool Nr. 406:
The hole in the top of the larger piece is intended to accept VAR tool Nr. 406:
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One on the left is a ratchet ring tool for removing a ratchet ring from a cassette freehub. See one in use here:
HIGH ENGAGEMENT RETRO FIT INSTRUCTIONS ? White Industries
18 teeth on it is consistent with the ratchet rings in some hubs.
HIGH ENGAGEMENT RETRO FIT INSTRUCTIONS ? White Industries
18 teeth on it is consistent with the ratchet rings in some hubs.
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The item on the right is Atom - Maillard. The smaller piece is a remover for Atom freewheels and the larger a remover for Maillard freewheels. The Atom remover is of the original pattern where one must remove the axle locknut and spacers in order to fit it into the freewheel.
09-04-16, 10:27 AM
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The "swaged" together tool is a French freewheel remover, originally sold without the "atom" ( and later Regina ) core. At the shop we did the same to allow use in a vise without crushing it. The problem of course with that remover is that the axle required disassembly to work, we were very happy when the Phil Wood freewheel tool came out. The Phil tool could be overpowered, so the other still had its place.
Those "hollow core" freewheels were often seen on lower tier French bikes, not bad free wheels, just heavy and only 5 cogs with a 14 as the smallest cog, typical 14-28.
Those "hollow core" freewheels were often seen on lower tier French bikes, not bad free wheels, just heavy and only 5 cogs with a 14 as the smallest cog, typical 14-28.
09-04-16, 10:56 AM
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Minor technical correction - they're not swaged, they're splined.
09-04-16, 04:26 PM
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The two pieces are a slip fit to each other. Can be employed either separately or together as seen in picture.
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I have on of those double freewheel tools I got NOS fairly cheap at a Velo a while back, there not swagged they actually came that way and the one I have is branded Regina with the made in Italy premium markings not sure who actually made these, but the one I have works much nicer on vintage freewheels than the other ones I have.
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Page from Bicycling! magazine of April 1973 -
Edit: oops, I see system has resized image. Not of much use in this size. Here is the link to the full-size image -
https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g...erialNumber=11
Page from Bicycling! magazine of April 1973 -
Edit: oops, I see system has resized image. Not of much use in this size. Here is the link to the full-size image -
https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g...erialNumber=11
Last edited by juvela; 01-19-17 at 12:17 PM. Reason: add link
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