Now for the other side. A person that will go nameless but works at a big name high end shop lives near my shop and came in and asked to use my tools to pull off his Shimano cassette. I said sure and watch him pick up a Shimano Freewheel tool and put it in the vise and just about start to take it off when I yelled "stop". and got him the right tool and took it off my self. So even people working with bikes all the time can do that too. Steven Willis 1778 East Second Street Scotch Plains NJ 07076 908-322-3330 http://www.thebikestand.com
> Here's the straight poop about that difficult freewheel removal project:
I WAS using the incorrect tool, as several of you suggested, and in the back
of my mind, I suspected as much. I was using a casette lockring tool.
Rookie mistake.
> I was just about to torch the FW (as several of you suggested) when I
decided to zoom down to Tempe Bike. I showed my tool to Colin Laing, (no
jokes, Dave) and he immediately spotted it as the wrong tool. Ten bucks,
out the door, rush into the garage, it slipped effortlessly onto the
splines. One grunt with my 18" Crescent (no jokes, Dave) and CRACK! (no
jokes, Dave) it was off in a flash. BTW, I even tried the Zip-Lock bag
trick, but to no avail. My wheel is intact, I have another perfectly good FW
for some other project, and my Psyche is only slightly dented. Thanks for
all the suggestions. A comment about Colin Laing follows.
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> Pat Moffat
> Tempe, AZ Where I always support my Local Bike Shop. And I place great
value on each and every suggestion offered by List Members.