Geez, come on you guys, use a chain whip to assemble those freewheels before you ride!
Rick Chasteen, fully threaded and torqued in Kansas City
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> Steve,
>
> Your concern about tightening the cogs
> will be solved when you ride in the top or smallest cog, thus tightening
> with your own "human" torque. That is something I periodically do once or
> twice during the season, regardless. I witnesses a freewheel come
> completely apart by a fellow rider in full stride because the top (high
> gear) cog was not tightly torqued.
>
> Regards,
>
> Carl Gonzalez
>
> CR post from Steve:
>
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> First, the new freewheel was given to me as a body and loose cogs. I just
> hand-threaded the cogs on there. I assume I don't need to take chainwhips
> to them to tighten them individually as the force of riding will do that -
> am I right about this? I cranked on them each a little in the repair
stand
> just by holding the rear brake and pushing on the pedals.
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> -S-