Yes you must clear out that axle but just the lock nut and spacer not the axle set. Steven Willis 1778 East Second Street Scotch Plains NJ 07076 908-322-3330 http://www.thebikestand.com
> At 5:25 PM -0700 22/07/04, marc garcia wrote:
>
> >I was working on the ted williams bike (I guess the subject will not die)
> >today and I wanted to remove the freewheel so I could work on the hub. I
> >tried the park FR-1 with no luck. I checked the park website and there
> >does not seem to be a remover for a shimano freewheel from the early to
> >mid 70's. Does anyone know if one of the other park removers will work?
or
> >does anyone have a sugestion on how to remove it? I checked for a model
> >name and all it says is "Shimano Freewheel."
> >
>
>
> Hello,
>
> There is an older style of Shimano freewheel that needs a splined remover,
> and as you discovered the Park FR-1 is too large to fit these freewheels.
> Bicycle Research makes the necessary tool, and it can be ordered from
> Harris Cyclery at:
>
> http://harriscyclery.net/
>
>
> Shimano also made the remover as the TL-FW20. An online retailer that I
> hadn't heard of until I did a web search for "TL-FW20" has a picture of
the
> remover at:
>
> http://store.airbomb.com/
>
>
> If memory serves, however, the Shimano tool won't fit over some axles --
> this is either because the walls of the tool are too thick to fit in
> between the axle and the splines on the freewheel, or because the hole in
> the end of the tool is too small to fit over some axles. In these cases,
> you will have to remove the axle before the Shimano freewheel remover can
> be used. Please note that it's been a while since I've used this
> particular Shimano tool at the bike co-op where I volunteer, so I may not
> be remembering this detail correctly. It's my understanding that the
> Bicycle Research tool has sufficient clearance for all axles -- see the
> description on their site at:
>
> http://www.bicycletool.com/
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Jeff Noakes
> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada