Subject: Re: [CR]Regina Freewheel Surgery - advice needed - 3rd way
Don wrote:
"I have successfully removed a freewheel from a high-flange hub twice
> using this technique, but the second time i bent the hub barrel so now
> it's bowed (luckily it was just a normandy sport hub, i was in it more
> for the battle of wits against the hub ...)"
My way is to use a "chain" wrench which I think is intended for the plumbing trade. I got mine years ago at a plumbing supply house.
The "chain" is wrapped around the hub flange closest to the freewheel. The tool tightens like a vise grip and provides contact and grip all round the flange. When properly tightened it does not slip.The chain wrench gets clamped securely in my bench vise and a standard freewheel tool unscrews the freewheel.
I've used this method on lots of different hubs and it has always worked. The only downside has sometimes been some little indents left on the outer edge of the hub flange by the segments of the chain wrench.
Hugh Enox