marcus.e.helman@gm.com writes: <snip> it has a Regina CX freewheel. I don't know anything about these, except now that they seem to require partial hub disassembly to remove. It takes a splined remover, but the splines are so far recessed that it looks like I will have to remove the locknut and some spacers to get the remover in. Didn't someone make a splined remover with very thin walls to slip in around the hub axle? I recall these as being silver and quite fragile. ------------------- and Dave Anderson responded, <snip>As far as the Regina CX freewheel, it takes a standrad regina splined tool. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
My Regina FW collection is all pre-splined era, except 1 example, so I'm not sure how many different spline patterns Regina used. I do know that I have 6 tools, all with different patterns - not counting the super-thin-walled "collapsable" Phil or the Schwinn-specific (?) Atom that fitted over the QR assembly. I do know that I don't have a tool for one late splined Regina FW that had very subdued splines -- abandoned that core and put the cogset and outer body on a BiValent core. I'm not sure whether the introduction of new patterns was an effort to be different or to be better. Viva the TDC 3-spline!
BTW, the recess for Marcus's FW sounds like a 7-speed with two overhanging cogs. But, just a guess.
harvey "easily amused" sachs
mcLean va