Due note! This could be one of the ''VERY!'' early Syncro freewheels that does not have bearing races as to where the bearing are sitting in a groove!.........The bearing on these early Syncro freewheels were riding on a flat surface???..............We just started up a 3 year deal buying up a supplier stocks. With this buy we are receiving well over 1000 Syncro freewheels of which the bodies has been replaced. All are still new and never used! For now we do not know how the difference between the old and new bodies, once we start to receive these freewheels we'll then be able to tell the difference......There's about 50 freewheels that are still with the old bodies, we'll be comparing from there..........But this will not be happening until we receive the freewheels. This could a few months or it could be years?.................Good luck.
BC Baron C..................And the gang!!...................Now unloading the motor home..........Then making ready for a trip into Belgium.............Yes!.............old bike parts, and maybe we'll be dropping in on the gas station with the old Simplex box!
Renaissance cycles,
Eindhoven Holland.
> Bianca Pratorius wrote:
>
>> I recently overhauled a bike that had a Regina Syncro freewheel. This
>> freewheel always had a rattle like sound in it until I poured enough
>> thick oil in it and it collected enough dirt to quiet it down to about
>> the sound of a normal freewheel. Yesterday when I soaked it in mineral
>> spirits, and let it dry, I shook it and sure enough the rattle was back.
>> I re-installed it and re-oiled it with the thickest oil I've got which I
>> made from motor oil mixed with Phill Woods grease poured in while
>> rotating. The rattley sound is now much quieted, but I still can't
>> picture what's wrong inside, or if this kind of sound is normal for some
>> Reginas. I might be tempted to open it up and check if it's missing a
>> bearing or two or even if one pawl is missing a spring (how would I fix
>> that?). I've only opened up one other freewheel in my life and using
>> dental floss I was able to close it up again. I have also noticed that
>> Regina can be quite cheap on e-bay, but maybe not in a 13-19 seven speed
>> style like I prefer for flat country racing here in Florida. Any ideas
>> about what this sound could be?
>
> I suspect it's just the balls 'n' pawls rattling around. A grease
> injector will quiet that down for a long time:
>
> http://ebay.com/
> (Item #7160986235; no relation)
>
> Personally, I've never been terribly fond of Regina freewheels...
>
> --
> John (john@os2.dhs.org)
> Appleton WI USA