grantallsop Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Hi, i have got an echo freewheel which needs removing quite soon, i have checked wiki but they only tell you how to remove acs freewheels. If someone could give me a step by step guide to removing them would be great.Cheers..Grant.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t33zr Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 U use the exact same tool as on BB removal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Dark Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 clamp he crank in a vice...flood the threads with wd40...put the bb tool in with a bolt going through both the crabk and bb to prevent it slipping.then get a spanner off the tool, then put a big extender bar to get the leverage over it..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Do that, nearly.Bolt the tool into the freewheel, put the TOOL in the vice, huge pipe/bar on the crank arm, then undo with ease.Don't bother with WD, it can't possibly do anything, how is it supposed to get into the threads with they are lamped up solid.I've had to do it 3 times in the last month before you all start shouting how wrong I am. My tensile went on over a year ago, came off so easily, 6ft bar just turned, literally no effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantallsop Posted February 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 clamp he crank in a vice...flood the threads with wd40...put the bb tool in with a bolt going through both the crabk and bb to prevent it slipping.then get a spanner off the tool, then put a big extender bar to get the leverage over it.....I tryed the bb tool, it fit but i dent think to bolt it in and it snapped. Cheers though all i need is a new tool and am sorted! cheers everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve@banbury-trials Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 i personally poor boiling water onto the threads moments before i turn the spanner,this always make the freewheel fly off.steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 i personally poor boiling water onto the threads moments before i turn the spanner,this always make the freewheel fly off.steve surley boiling water would making it tighter, it would cause the metals to expand, thus making the thread tighter, not that i'm questioning your methods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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