Stuck Lockring
03-08-09 | 09:06 PM
#29
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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)?
* 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)?
03-08-09 | 10:03 PM
#31
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Joined: Feb 2009
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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
good luck
03-08-09 | 10:15 PM
#32
cab horn
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: Toronto
Bikes: 1987 Bianchi Campione
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.
