Removing Freewheels

[Sam-Addy A3]

Right well here's the thing......

I broke my freewheel so borrowed my mate's spare ENO for a ride.

Yesterday i got my new freewheel, i went to take my friend's off and it wouldn't budge, my dad took it to work and made a tool and it still wouldn't budge.

Does anyone have any tips or tricks to get freewheels off of crank arms?

Thanks

Sam

[Ladd]

find someone with a big vice bolted to a bench,

Get a proper freewheel tool

put it on the freewheel

and bolt it on with bolts and washer, this stops it sliipping and rounding your freewheel

then put the tool in a vice

get a long bar about 1Metre long

slide it over the crank arm

and turn

freewheels come off so easy this way:)

[JoeM]

Buy a special tool, then put a long bolt through the middle and clamp in vice. After that, stick a masssive pole on the end of the crank arm and it should come off easy. I found it best to soak the threads in penitrating oil first.

[Sam-Addy A3]

Cheers for replies, i will try that, i have the proper tool but havn't tried putting the bolt through.

Thanks

Sam

[JoeM]

When you put your new one on, put some copper grease on the threads to stop it siezing up. Also, it might pay to strip down the monty freewheel, then clean all the grease out, and run it with a light wet lube.

[_Owen.]

6ft scaffolding bar, and the search tool normally do it!

Owen

[steve@banbury-trials]

Buy a special tool, then put a long bolt through the middle and clamp in vice. After that, stick a masssive pole on the end of the crank arm and it should come off easy. I found it best to soak the threads in penitrating oil first.

i use this techniques put instead of the oil i pour boiling water from the kettle over the threads then wrench the freewheel off,works well for me like