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  • Removing a single speed freewheel
  • tthew
    Full Member

    Threaded type, it's not a left handed thread or anything clever is it? Any other tips, obviously I've not got the correct tool or anything 🙄

    Mister-P
    Free Member

    Normal thread but can be a bit tight. Tool in a vice and wheel on top works for me as you can use the wheel as a lever.

    tthew
    Full Member

    Not got a vice either. Obviouly this CAN wait until Tuesday at work, but I've just put a fixed on the other side of the hub and leaving the free looks untidy.

    Mister-P
    Free Member

    Ah, you might struggle if you don't have any kit.

    singlespeedstu
    Full Member

    Use a qr to hold the tool onto the freewheel.
    Then a BFO spanner on the tool.

    Mister-P
    Free Member

    obviously I've not got the correct tool or anything

    tthew
    Full Member

    BFO spanner, check. Proper tool, still no. 😆

    samuri
    Free Member

    This method with kill your free wheel by the way….

    Screwdriver and big hammer. Tapping the copver plate off and letting all the gubbins fall out helped me I found.

    tthew
    Full Member

    I might want to use the freewheel in future, so good tip but think I'll give that one a miss. Ta.

    luked2
    Free Member

    If you don't have the nifty tool, you're not going to remove it.

    If you do have the tool, put the tool on the FR, use a QR done up quite loosely to hold the tool in place. Put spanner over tool. Then get a very long metal tube (I have a 2m length of old climbing frame pipe) over the end of the spanner. Then just undo it. Comes off every time without any fuss or agro.

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