TrashZen Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Yep, just sessioning a fairly safe transition to front wheel, then wheelswap to back, and wooooosshhh...empty gear!!! Flying without wings My Tensile freewheel gave up, after less than 6month! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Papasnap Maher Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Hope your ok julien.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Arnold Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 did the lockring fall off first or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex.loves.boys Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 did the lockring fall off first or something?mine did exactly the samejust put it backtogether Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Thats crazy m8, what if you were about to pedal stoke off a huge wall. Are they better than standard freewheels that are usualy at the back? Phill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sex_on_wheels Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 same thing happened to mine, i put mine back to gether but was missing engagements and skips regulary, i now have an eno and will never go back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 looks like lock ring has unscrewed it self and then fallen off nothing looks to of broke really just come apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrashZen Posted December 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 (edited) looks like lock ring has unscrewed it self and then fallen off nothing looks to of broke really just come apart.Yep, dunno, I had a closer look, some pawls have taken the large, it doesn't look a safe option to screw it back if I can. Maybe a stupid question, how do you remove a crank from a ISIS BB? Yet another special tool?The regular crank removers just push into nothing... By the way, I thought freewheels normally self locked themselves as you ride... how can they unscrew?Do you guys do maintenance on them? Edited December 10, 2006 by TrashZen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broomer Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 you need a adapter which sits in the bb axle thread. you get them with the isis bb usally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 ouch, you ok? try an eno.Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Lesson to be learnt here, always check over your bike before you ride Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_ Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 isis should ultimatley just slide off, if not give it a tap with a rubber mallet (or hammer with cloth over the crank) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walleee Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Freewheels in general don't tighten themselves, Monty, Try-all and tensile claim that their freewheels do not unscrew themselves. I know the try all doesn't, as it's physically impossible, and the monty is the same design, so shouldn't either.Your not the first to have a tensile that unscrews itself, alex, and at least one other person has had trouble with the same thing as you, I think it totally defeates the purpose of buying one when that happenes, as it's pretty much in the top 3 things of importance when buying a freewheel.Unless there was a dud batch, or just crappy quality control, generally i'd stick up for onza/tenslie etc but I find it hard to when talking about these freewheels... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat hudson Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 get onto supercycles, might be one of the ones that unscrewed themselves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 To get the crank off, get 2 5p pieces, and then just put them onto the end of the axle. They may be a tight fit at first, but when you tighten the tool up they bend into place fine. With the freewheel, it looks like it's just unscrewed and the driveshell's just gone "f**k this". It could be one of the batch that had oppo instead of regular thread, I guess... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrashZen Posted December 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 To get the crank off, get 2 5p pieces, and then just put them onto the end of the axle. They may be a tight fit at first, but when you tighten the tool up they bend into place fine. With the freewheel, it looks like it's just unscrewed and the driveshell's just gone "f**k this". It could be one of the batch that had oppo instead of regular thread, I guess...Hey,thanks for the 5p tip, I was thinking of something in that line, it's not gonna stay stuck is it?Well, I'll try to chek out what really happened...Was alright after the flight (just had a not very sexy landing ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkee Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 Hey,thanks for the 5p tip, I was thinking of something in that line, it's not gonna stay stuck is it?Well, I'll try to chek out what really happened...Was alright after the flight (just had a not very sexy landing ) I had a proper seized up one and had to use 4... yeap 20p's worth of 5ps to get my crank arm off and they were mashed to buggery. Works though so good luck with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 Hey,thanks for the 5p tip, I was thinking of something in that line, it's not gonna stay stuck is it?Well, I'll try to chek out what really happened...Was alright after the flight (just had a not very sexy landing )Either use the 5p's or a bolt with a head thats larger than the axle hole. Pretty much anything solid that fits over the hole will work... and if they do happen to bend and get stuck, whack a screwdriver through the bb from the other side and hit it with a mallet.... they'll soon fly out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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