STEVE-0 Posted August 23, 2006 Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 (edited) I loved the extraction technique so much on the new tensile freewheel i decided to do the same on my eno. Works Great! EDIT: Because there seemed so much interest i spoke to my bro and he is now willing to do the same for others.We feel £8 plus postage is a resonable price to do it for. So if anyone is interested, get in contact!Steve Edited August 28, 2006 by STEVE-0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King C Posted August 23, 2006 Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 (edited) How many EPs does it have or does it stay the same? Also did you put the tensile internals in there or the Eno ones? Edited August 23, 2006 by kcchan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew_Gibson Posted August 23, 2006 Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 At first I fort you had used a saw and put them in yourseld :$ Good idea! But why not keep your tensile on the bike?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_rob2@hotmail.com Posted August 23, 2006 Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 huh?i dont understand how you have done this...enlighten me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopipe Posted August 23, 2006 Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 at a guess i'd say he's machined the spline hole thingies into an eno rather than swapping bits over. it'd be plain silly to stick tensile bits in an eno - assuming they'd fit, which they probably wouldn't - on account of eno's being better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted August 23, 2006 Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 Enos and Tensiles have totally different pawl shapes, so you couldn't swap the bits over anyway.The slots for the BB tool look pretty shallow though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onza Kieron Posted August 23, 2006 Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 Looks ideal, well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted August 23, 2006 Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 Alright, enlighten us all here.How is it done??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE-0 Posted August 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 at a guess i'd say he's machined the spline hole thingies into an eno rather than swapping bits over. it'd be plain silly to stick tensile bits in an eno - assuming they'd fit, which they probably wouldn't - on account of eno's being better.Enos and Tensiles have totally different pawl shapes, so you couldn't swap the bits over anyway.The slots for the BB tool look pretty shallow though?That is right, i didnt swap the parts over at all. My brother is an engineer and works CNC machines. He took it to work for my and placed it in the machine, centered the hole in the freewheel and milled out the groves all the way round. The groves are only 1mm (as in the tool d = 32mm and hole d = 30mm) into the freewheel but are quite deep therefore the tool fits perfectly. All freewheels should have these on them in my opinion! So much easier and there's no reason why the shouldn't. More frame clearance as well now. I have about 10mm both side at least!Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_rob2@hotmail.com Posted August 24, 2006 Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 That is right, i didnt swap the parts over at all. My brother is an engineer and works CNC machines. He took it to work for my and placed it in the machine, centered the hole in the freewheel and milled out the groves all the way round. The groves are only 1mm (as in the tool d = 32mm and hole d = 30mm) into the freewheel but are quite deep therefore the tool fits perfectly. All freewheels should have these on them in my opinion! So much easier and there's no reason why the shouldn't. More frame clearance as well now. I have about 10mm both side at least!Stevenice idea!But i have a tensile Would very much prefer an eno though lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justfuzzit Posted August 24, 2006 Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 Awesome Idea, I might try that with mine. Assuming i can find someone to do it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onza Kieron Posted August 24, 2006 Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 That is right, i didnt swap the parts over at all. My brother is an engineer and works CNC machines. He took it to work for my and placed it in the machine, centered the hole in the freewheel and milled out the groves all the way round. The groves are only 1mm (as in the tool d = 32mm and hole d = 30mm) into the freewheel but are quite deep therefore the tool fits perfectly. All freewheels should have these on them in my opinion! So much easier and there's no reason why the shouldn't. More frame clearance as well now. I have about 10mm both side at least!SteveYou could make a bomb from this, its like one of the only downsides of an Eno. Dunno what they're like about warrenty though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Geary Posted August 24, 2006 Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 Bloody good idea if you ask me, maybe you could do this for people for a small Fee ... I know a few people who would be intrested in getting this done. Makes life alo't more easier for them Freewheel Bummers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 Just gotta hope the main body doesn't crack on you like one of the super early Tensiles did on me. Had some cracks that stemmed from the BB tool holes and outwards (Before any TF rumours start, that was the very first Tensile freewheel I had way, way back when. The one I had after is still fine now, after 6 months of use). Wouldn't have thought it would've happened here.I wouldn't worry about the warranty of the Enos, seeing as each bit's replaceable. Just sort it when needed Getting the guy to do it for a fee for other's would be cool. Enos have a fairly deep remover tool interface so it should be fine, not too sure about ACS Claws though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopipe Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 you don't get much of a warranty on enos anyway - as far as I can remember it's 1 year against manufacturing defects only (assuming it came from an official distributer in the first place)- so he won't have lost much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE-0 Posted August 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 There's a possibility i could do the same for some others but i assume most people still have the tabs on their freewheels and can place a long bolt through the crank to stop the tool falling out which always seemed a great idea for me. I had ground my tabs off to fit my bike, therefore i did this as a way of getting the freewheel off. It does give them a much lower profile though, I'm surprised it wasn't thought of earlier.Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 I don't believe that would withstand all the force you need to unscrew a freewheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 I don't believe that would withstand all the force you need to unscrew a freewheel.They don't look too deep, but there's a lot of them. So it probably will be ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat hudson Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 i love the word probably Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkee Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 i love the word probably You're a f**king retard.. i love saying that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat hudson Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 (edited) some people, eh?takes one to know one Edited August 26, 2006 by mat hudson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE-0 Posted August 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 It definetly doesnt slip because the freewheel is made of like bombproof metal (like air craft material) so it probably blunted my bro's tools cutting the groves but nothing can really give way because its so hard. The freewheel came off mint. It didn't evenm take that much effort Hahaha!Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamtrials Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 It definetly doesnt slip because the freewheel is made of like bombproof metal (like air craft material)As an aside, you see stuff advertised with "Aircraft grade aluminium" as a selling feature, when in fact all aluminium is aircraft grade But yeah, i can understand it being a particularly hard type of aluminium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom-trials Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 Just save all the bother of cnc'ing and buy a tensile freewheel they are amazing for the measly sum of £35 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat hudson Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 no sealed bearings though. not quite the quality either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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