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time bandit

03-08-09 08:12 PM

punch and hammer. the only thing you're gonna break is possibly the lockring and maybe the finish on your cog.

ive used this method more than once. just take your time and strike deliberately.

operator

03-08-09 08:13 PM

What kind of lockring are you trying to take off? There are better tools than the hozan out there.

dizzy101

03-08-09 08:19 PM

It's a dura ace lockring.

I don't know if the bikeshop guy locktite'd the lockring. But heat should take care of locktite right?

I'll try the vise method, and then the leverage method.

adriano

03-08-09 09:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dizzy101 (Post 8493078)

I have a nasty case of STUCK CO... I mean LOCKRING. The cog and lockring were attached at the LBS in the place where I used to live, so I can't go back there.

* Tried the Hozan Lockring Tool. No go.
* Tried heat. Didn't work.
* Applied lots of WD40. Didn't really help.
* Tried hammer + screwdriver method.
* I tried to tighten the cog more, to free up space between cog and lockring. But the cog is so impossibly tight already that I can't turn it any further.

Are there any other options besides destroying lockring (and also lockring threads)?

kroil.

xxxfattonyxxx

03-08-09 09:16 PM

The only way heat would affect loctite is to get hot enough to ruin everything else

boostaddctn

03-08-09 10:03 PM

So this weekend, me and my buddy was having a hard time removing a lock ring that eventually we took it to the LBS and they removed it hecka quick! and it didn't cost a thing... maybe if you have time, take it to the LBS and see what they can do :) good luck

operator

03-08-09 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by dizzy101 (Post 8493272)

It's a dura ace lockring.

I don't know if the bikeshop guy locktite'd the lockring. But heat should take care of locktite right?

I'll try the vise method, and then the leverage method.

Stein and Paul make a lockring tool that is substantially superior to the hozan one - if you don't have it, then take your wheel to a shop that does have one. Before you damage the lockring trying the hack methods described in this thread thus far.

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