Obstinate Freewheel

[garrilla]

I've hot an HG 7speed freewheel on a some cheap steel rims (qaundo, probs - well the QR is quando, but who knows what I've done in the past to make this wheel 'whole'). I've just put a whole new transmission on the bike, and I want to change the block but...

I'm having difficulty releasing it. Welded on with Road Sludge probably.

Anyway, I've had wd40 on it, I'm using a shimano freewheel tool, a large monkey wrench and a hammer.

So far, no joy.

Any suggestions - no vice available!

 

[chillyuk]

2 or 3 feet of pipe over the monkey wrench. I find hammering not much use as the wheel absorbs most of the impact. It is just a matter of sufficient leverage. Have you someone who can hold the wheel upright whilst you jump on the wrench handle.

 

[garrilla]

chilly, good idea, I didn't think about leverage!



keep the ideas coming in peeps,

I've got a couple of errands to run and then I'll be back to this problem

 

[PpPete]

This is one of those jobs my kids love to help with....and they get to learn about leverage too.

I hold the wheel (with tyre on & fully inflated) firmly on the ground in vertical position. Small child on end of 8 foot scaffold pipe over the end of the wrench...... even the littl'un can shift even the most recalcitrant freewheel

 

[Banjo]

I struggled with one ,took it to the bikeshop .the mechanic put the freewheel tool in the vice and used the wheel itself to turn on.Took him a while of pulling on different bits of rim until it spun off.

 

[garrilla]

It was me, with the pipe, in the garden!!!

Thanks a lot guys, leaverage won the day!

Amazing how 2 foot extra of leaverage creates sufficeint force to slide the freewheel into submission!

Winter ride ready for action!