looking for help on removing a "dicta" brand (made in taiwan) freewheel... i've tried using a pin spanner, then a hammer & screwdriver but to no avail, any tips?

Dude, go buy the tool at your lbs. It should be like 10 or so bucks.

edit: I am a ****** and just looked at the picture better.

there is a freewheel removal tool for that specific fw design. probably the best option. You can't really get enough force with a spanner or screwdriver.

do you know the specific name of that tool?

just take it in to your LBS. they might even remove it for free. Could you take a close-up of the freewheel?

close up would be good. On second look, there's a chance it's the kind that can't be removed and needs to be disassembled first via this method.

just swingin' by your LBS is probably the safest option

it would probably be free at the lbs if they are good- it would take 2 seconds. i know i would do it for free at my shop

Check the Park Tool web site. They have freewheel removal tools for a variety of makes.

One key consideration is whether your old freewheel is worn out and headed for the scrap barrel, or whether you want to use it again. If it is no more than junk, the tips of a thin nose plier can be used as a spanner wrench to remove the retaining ring. You might need to clamp the pliers to a piece of wood for leverage. The threads are left-hand threads. Once the retainer ring is removed, the cluster and the bearing balls come away leaving the core. A pipe wrench will remove it.

You're not using a big enough hammer.




Actually I've had success before with a chisel. No I'm not kidding.

Since my last post I had to remove a freewheel. The removal tool would not reach for some very good reasons that need not be mentioned. I did what I suggested in the post above. The pipe wrench did not damage or mar the core. I plan to reassemble the freewheel in case I want to use it again. (It was a 5 speed freewheel.)

Time for you to buy the right tool for the right job.



2 prong dicta/bmx freewheel remover.

Crush it in a bench vise.

isn't that removal tool only for the metric sized flip-flop dicta freewheels?