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Removing a freewheel - no wheel rim
jbeattie wrote:
:On Monday, July 28, 2014 3:57:51 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote: : On Monday, July 28, 2014 4:23:52 PM UTC-4, wrote: : : On Mon, 28 Jul 2014 07:43:44 -0500, AMuzi wrote: : : : : Some guys prefer to half build the wheel on a scrap rim : : using the left flange but there's a real risk of twisting : : the hubshell so I don't suggest that. : : : : The OP doesn't care if the Campy hub is destroyed removing the : : freewheel - It's just the SunTour Winner freewheel he wants to save. : : : : Actually, I'd kind of like to keep the hub undamaged, too. I don't really : : have a use for it, but I'm sort of a junk collector - if Campy hubs can be : : considered junk. : : : : I was pretty excited by the impact wrench idea, since one of my best : : friends has a big compressor and impact set. But then I realized my : : 2-prong SunTour freewheel removal tool has just two flats in a : : cylindrical body, rather than a hex body. : : : : I suppose I could grind it to a hex, but at this point, it seems it : : might be easiest to just half-ass build it into one of the old rims I own. : : Fortunately, I'm sort of a junk collector. :Unless I'm conceptualizing this wrong, an impact hammer is not going to revent flange damage. You're still going to have to place the hub in a :vice or other fixture Nope. The impact wrench works by having a ratating hammer inside the tool strike an anvil connected to the output. They deliver sharp, short, impacts of torque to the fastener (or freewheel...), and so will spin it off without imparting much rotation to the thing the fastener is attached to. They're routinely used for spinning nuts off pulleys of things like alternators, without having ot worry about how to lock the shaft in place. :You could try Muzi's approach but instead of using vice grips, use a strap wrench around the hub body. Considering the rim rotted off (how does that even happen?), the freewheel is probably welded to the hub, and a strap wrench won't do the trick. Wood rim? :-- Jay Beattie. -- sig 14 |
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Removing a freewheel - no wheel rim
On Tue, 29 Jul 2014 07:05:56 -0700 (PDT), jbeattie
wrote: Unless I'm conceptualizing this wrong, an impact hammer is not going to prevent flange damage. You're still going to have to place the hub in a vice or other fixture and then apply force to the freewheel. And even if you build it in to a wheel, you'll need the right remover. I certainly would not build one with a grinder. You could try Muzi's approach but instead of using vice grips, use a strap wrench around the hub body. Considering the rim rotted off (how does that even happen?), the freewheel is probably welded to the hub, and a strap wrench won't do the trick. -- Jay Beattie. With a good impact wrench you could hold the hub in one hand, the impact in the other, and often spin the freewheel off with no other tools required. Might want a good leather glove to hold the hub |
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Removing a freewheel - no wheel rim
On Tuesday, July 29, 2014 3:16:44 PM UTC-7, wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jul 2014 07:05:56 -0700 (PDT), jbeattie wrote: Unless I'm conceptualizing this wrong, an impact hammer is not going to prevent flange damage. You're still going to have to place the hub in a vice or other fixture and then apply force to the freewheel. And even if you build it in to a wheel, you'll need the right remover. I certainly would not build one with a grinder. You could try Muzi's approach but instead of using vice grips, use a strap wrench around the hub body. Considering the rim rotted off (how does that even happen?), the freewheel is probably welded to the hub, and a strap wrench won't do the trick. -- Jay Beattie. With a good impact wrench you could hold the hub in one hand, the impact in the other, and often spin the freewheel off with no other tools required. Might want a good leather glove to hold the hub I had no idea. I have used an air tool to take off/put on lug nuts but that's about it. I would look in to this more if I had a freewheel on a hub with no rim -- or even just a freewheel on a hub with a rim. On my current bikes, however, I can get everything off with my selection of wrenches. The only difficult parts are pressed in. -- Jay Beattie. |
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Removing a freewheel - no wheel rim
On 7/29/2014 12:09 PM, David Scheidt wrote: jbeattie
wrote: : Considering the rim rotted off (how does that even happen?... Wood rim? No, it was a tubular rim, very light weight. It was originally on a custom recumbent trike that belonged to a guy who passed away. The trike ended up stored for several decades in the damp basement of a friend who had no interest in it. I don't know the chemistry explanation, but when I got it, the portion of the aluminum rim that was (I assume) in contact with the ground was corroded almost completely in two. Of course, the wheel was thoroughly collapsed. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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