thowmas Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 This IS the way to remove your busted up freewheel from your pedal arm You Need:- A crowbar- A gas camping stove- A pickaxe- An angle grinder- A saucepan- Some cold water- A vice- A hench guy with some big muscles- A screwdriver- Pliers- A hammer- Your crank arm with freewheel attatched- A nice new freewheel to go back on!How To!so yeah, i discovered this method the other day when the acs freewheel on my t-pro broke and was completley stuck on so tight, so first things first, take the crank arm off your bike with the freewheel on...and also take off the pedal.using a screwdriver and hammer (maybe needed), take off the cover on the back of the freewheel ....completley unscrew it. now the cog thing should just lift off, but u need something to catch all those ball bearings!! so act quick!take everything off the freewheel that you can, so you're just left with 2 parts on your crank arm: the crank arm itself, and the centre core bit of the freewheel.ok fun stuff now...you can see on the freewheel part that there is some flat recessed bits on it (4 of them around the freewheel), above the threads. so to get a better grip in the vice, you take an angle grinder and clamp the freewheel in a vice. you grind away 2 opposite flat recessed bits, until you end up with 2 good flat edges on either side of the freewheel... where some goggles kids, safety first and all thatgo check the freewheel now fits nicely in the vice...if it doesnt, do some more grindage till it doesnow...get the saucepan, fill it with some cold water.get your gas camping stove, light it and set it to MAX!!!!Grab hold of the pliers and hold the end of the crank arm (pedal end), then hold the freewheel over the stove for a few mins. (the pliers are so you dont burn the crap out of your hands....)then whack it straight in to the cold water...do this like a few times, then the last time heat the hell out of it...yeah watch out it'll be bloody hot, and so easy does it, go clamp it in the vice so that the flat grinded bits are touching the plates on the vice. now get either the pickaxe or the crowbar, whicherver tool you prefer and go whack the vice arm to tighten it up reallll good.now take the crowbar (this seemed the best tool after trying a few times)...and smack the pedal arm reallly really hard (anti-clockwise)...if the thing just slips out of the vice, just whack it back in again....and just keep hitting it with the crowbar. then eventually it will undo and the freewheel will come undone and its the biggest feeling of acheivement all year.then grease up the threads, and screw on the nice new freewheel. job donewell thats the tried and tested method of removing a freewheel kids.have fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixed Pants™ Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 (edited) - A hench guy with some big musclesJust to let you know, i'm available 20-30 quid an hour and 30 quid call out fee Edited October 12, 2006 by 49ccminicrossah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 ...or just use a freewheel tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thowmas Posted October 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 Just to let you know, i'm available 20-30 quid an hour and 30 quid call out feehaha ok thanks for the info mate...you might get a few gays replying back to you now youve said that! hahaand yeah in reply to the other post, i did try a freewheel tool...i tried literally everything, it was just jammed on so hard, so what i said was the only thing that could do the job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixed Pants™ Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 (edited) I mean because i'm a hench guy with big muscles (maybe not so much hench, im 5.7, and maybe not so much the big muslces bit, but you know). Edited October 12, 2006 by 49ccminicrossah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 Easier method:Clamp the freewheel tool in place using a long bolt, and a big washer. - Won't slip now. If the tool has a wrench fitting, get something like a 24" breaker bar, and just hang off it (cranks clmaped in vice/whatever)If the tool needs a spanner, add the spanner, then find some wide tube to use for more leverage, or try and add the long bar.That's how we done it at work to my one anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-LUV-TRIALS Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 (edited) Easier method:Clamp the freewheel tool in place using a long bolt, and a big washer. - Won't slip now. If the tool has a wrench fitting, get something like a 24" breaker bar, and just hang off it (cranks clmaped in vice/whatever)If the tool needs a spanner, add the spanner, then find some wide tube to use for more leverage, or try and add the long bar.That's how we done it at work to my one anyway... why not do it properly and clamp the freewheel tool into the vice and heat the freewheel for a bowt 5 mins with a blow torch then hit the crank arm with a club hammer it should just spin off ive had to do this with 4 freewheels in the past3 weeks give it ago so much easier ps youve got the first bit right though bolt the tool through the tapper so that it doesnt slip Edited October 12, 2006 by I-LUV-TRIALS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddyfox Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 Silly boys All you need to do is clamp the freewheel tool on with a bolt, put the freewheel tool in the vise and put a long bit of tubing on the crank arm for leverage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-LUV-TRIALS Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 (edited) Silly boys All you need to do is clamp the freewheel tool on with a bolt, put the freewheel tool in the vise and put a long bit of tubing on the crank arm for leverage.mine wouldnt budge at all even usin a scapholding pole for leverage i think i spelt it wrong dont have a go my spell checker aint working lol Edited October 12, 2006 by I-LUV-TRIALS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddyfox Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 I've never seen one that tight before... You must have horse legs..lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-LUV-TRIALS Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 I've never seen one that tight before... You must have horse legs..lol u must be thinking i mean a 10 ft pole it was bowt 3ft and it wasnt budging Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yurich Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 I haven't read any of that, but there are definitely easier ways. I've had fun times with cheap freewheels on bmx bikes when I was wrenching.step 1: put the freewheel in a big vicestep 2: crush the said freewheel in the vice, until you see bearings shoot out all over the place and the freewheel becomes ovalstep 3: unscrew crank/wheel. use a pipe for you crank if you have to.Easy and fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Monty Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 (edited) ...or just use a freewheel tool And some leverage. Edited October 13, 2006 by Mr Monty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopipe Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 (edited) ...or just use a freewheel tool And some leverage. poof angle grinder + new freewheel edit::unless you've got an eno - in which case i recommend the previous method Edited October 13, 2006 by poopipe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfc Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 you ER G*Y Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thowmas Posted October 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 yeah the old pole trick is always good, but when u dont have a pole about that fits over the crank arm...or you dont have a freewheel tool....like i didnt... then the angle grinder way is probably the most fun/dangerous...haha i might post up a pic of my angle grinded freewheel of where this this whole thing came frombut yeah...halfords couldnt even remove my god damn freewheel so if they cant, then only an angle grinder and a crow bar can!! or maybe not....poof angle grinder + new freewheel edit::unless you've got an eno - in which case i recommend the previous methodhaha yeah mate, i wudnt recommend angle grindage on an eno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsey Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 ...or just use a freewheel tool.you always beat me dammit! and i just used a mallet and a pointed metal object and bashed the f**k out of it until it finally moved.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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