freehub body cone removing tool - sources?
Can anyone direct me to an outlet/operator that might sell this tool?
Preferably UK based. Home made equivalents anyone? Thanks |
freehub body cone removing tool - sources?
On Aug 2, 2:37*pm, Keiron wrote:
Can anyone direct me to an outlet/operator that might sell this tool? Preferably UK based. Home made equivalents anyone? Thanks ?? Which kind of freehub is it? If it's Shimano, the usual solution is to put on a new one, as they aren't practical to take apart, you just lube them every year or so. Same goes for just about all the other brands. |
freehub body cone removing tool - sources?
Keiron wrote:
Can anyone direct me to an outlet/operator that might sell this tool? Preferably UK based. Home made equivalents anyone? I'm not sure what you're describing. If you mean a tool to disassemble a Shimano freehub body to access the smaller bearings and pawls (not to merely remove the body intact), here's Sheldon on the issue:http://www.sheldonbrown.com/k7.html#aluminum (scroll down just a tad). He says the tool is discontinued. See also the photo at http://www.sheldonbrown.com/k7.html#transplant . I'm assuming you want a tool to mate to what Sheldon labels as "Notch for disassembling." I made my own out of a piece of flat steel bar stock. Cut to length so it's long enough to reach the notches on both sides. Then file the bar's thickness to fit into the notches. Then mount newly created tool in a vise, fit wheel to tool, and turn (left-hand thread IIRC, so the cup unscrews rather than the freehub). ps - Sheldon's right, it's not worth the trouble beyond curiosity. Once the body is damaged enough to need repair, it's usually damaged /beyond/ repair and body replacement is called for. Hope that helps, Mark J. |
freehub body cone removing tool - sources?
On Aug 2, 4:03*pm, "Mark J." wrote:
Keiron wrote: Can anyone direct me to an outlet/operator that might sell this tool? Preferably UK based. Home made equivalents anyone? I'm not sure what you're describing. If you mean a tool to disassemble a Shimano freehub body to access the smaller bearings and pawls (not to merely remove the body intact), here's Sheldon on the issue:http://www.sheldonbrown.com/k7.html#aluminum (scroll down just a tad). *He says the tool is discontinued. See also the photo athttp://www.sheldonbrown.com/k7.html#transplant. I'm assuming you want a tool to mate to what Sheldon labels as "Notch for disassembling." I made my own out of a piece of flat steel bar stock. *Cut to length so it's long enough to reach the notches on both sides. *Then file the bar's thickness to fit into the notches. *Then mount newly created tool in a vise, fit wheel to tool, and turn (left-hand thread IIRC, so the cup unscrews rather than the freehub). ps - Sheldon's right, it's not worth the trouble beyond curiosity. *Once the body is damaged enough to need repair, it's usually damaged /beyond/ repair and body replacement is called for. Needlenose pliers can usually be used to span the notches, & the bearing preload shouldn't be terrific so the torque required shouldn't be so high as to bend your pliers. You can hack a couple of short (5 or 6mm) sexions off of a 4mm allen key and stick them where the pawls were meant to be to turn it into a fixed gear hub with a bit much backlash. You can fill it with a soft Molybdenum grease for that silent hub effect (bi-directional freewheeling in the Winter provided at no additional cost!). You can spend the next 4 or 5 hours chasing tiny ball bearings around the garage. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination. |
freehub body cone removing tool - sources?
Norman wrote:
On Aug 2, 4:03 pm, "Mark J." wrote: Keiron wrote: Can anyone direct me to an outlet/operator that might sell this tool? Preferably UK based. Home made equivalents anyone? I'm not sure what you're describing. If you mean a tool to disassemble a Shimano freehub body to access the smaller bearings and pawls (not to merely remove the body intact), here's Sheldon on the issue:http://www.sheldonbrown.com/k7.html#aluminum (scroll down just a tad). He says the tool is discontinued. See also the photo athttp://www.sheldonbrown.com/k7.html#transplant. I'm assuming you want a tool to mate to what Sheldon labels as "Notch for disassembling." I made my own out of a piece of flat steel bar stock. Cut to length so it's long enough to reach the notches on both sides. Then file the bar's thickness to fit into the notches. Then mount newly created tool in a vise, fit wheel to tool, and turn (left-hand thread IIRC, so the cup unscrews rather than the freehub). ps - Sheldon's right, it's not worth the trouble beyond curiosity. Once the body is damaged enough to need repair, it's usually damaged /beyond/ repair and body replacement is called for. Needlenose pliers can usually be used to span the notches, & the bearing preload shouldn't be terrific so the torque required shouldn't be so high as to bend your pliers. You can hack a couple of short (5 or 6mm) sexions off of a 4mm allen key and stick them where the pawls were meant to be to turn it into a fixed gear hub with a bit much backlash. You can fill it with a soft Molybdenum grease for that silent hub effect (bi-directional freewheeling in the Winter provided at no additional cost!). You can spend the next 4 or 5 hours chasing tiny ball bearings around the garage. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination. I took one of mine apart after it started skipping. My goal wasn't to repair it but to immobilize it to make a fixed gear. I filled it with epoxy, but never tried it out since I got weak enough to stop breaking track hub axles and lost interest. I tried the "spanning plier" trick without luck and wound up with the ground down flat stock and vise approach. I found it was cheaper to buy rear hubs on sale & cannibalize the freehubs than buying ale carte, especially because I can use some of the other stuff (QR, cones, axle, spacers). |
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