>bruce thomson wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone have experience (positive experience, that is) in
>>removing a freewheel from a hub that has been cut from a rim?
>>Since this does not have the leverage of a complete wheel, is there
>>a way of clamping (holding) the hub while removing the freewheel
>>without damage to the hub? Bruce
>>
>> Bruce Thomson Spokane WA 99204
>> (509) 747 4314
>> Masi3v4me@yahoo.com
>
>
>It is actually very fast and easy to lace a few spokes into the hub and
>a rim, use the skewer to hold the freewheel remover in place and clamp
>the remover in a vice and then use the rim to unscrew the hub. There is
>no other way to hold the hub without damaging it.
>
>If it is a low flange I'd use "Z" shaped spokes into the drive side
>flange if you can't get any spokes into the holes because they are
>blocked by the freewheel (don't be afraid to bend the spokes into tight
>curves to go through the spoke holes). Large flange hubs are no problem
>this way, small flange hubs are another thing.
>
>I'd be hesitant to just lace the non-drive side flange as the hub barrel
>can get twisted if the freewheel is on there really tight and then the
>hub will be junk.
>
>You just need to lace eight spokes (32 hole) or nine spokes (36 hole) on
>the drive side flange.
>
If you disassemble the freewheel, you usually can lace up the wheel even on the driveside with small-flange hubs, which squeeze barely past the inner part of the freewheel body. -- Jan Heine, Seattle Editor/Publisher Vintage Bicycle Quarterly c/o Il Vecchio Bicycles 140 Lakeside Ave, Ste. C Seattle WA 98122 http://www.vintagebicyclepress.com