At 1/13/2008 01:33 PM -0800, Jerry Moos wrote:
>Well, the old rear off the Cuevas is turning out to be the Wheel
> From Hell. Decided to remove the FW to faciliate straightening the
>rim. No luck with the 10" crescent. Tried the giant, maybe 16"
>crescent. No dice. Even tried the normally foolproof method of
>clamping the FW remover in the bench vise and turning the
>wheel. The FW won't budge. With rounded off notches of notched
>Regina FW's the "nuke em" option is usually removing the cog cluster
>(at which point all the bearings fall out) then clamping the bare FW
>body tightly in a bench vise and turning the wheel. Destroys the
>FW, but gets it off.
>
> But if clamping the FW remover in the bench vise doesn't work, I
> don't see how clamping the are FW body would work any better. Any
> suggestions? I've heard of using ammonia or Coca Cola in the
> seatube to free a stuck seatpost. Any chance that will work here?
Jerry, I've put flats on inner bodies with a die grinder, to give the vice something to grip. Could be the heat and/or vibration from the grinding is part of the equation, but it's always worked.
Mark Stonich;
BikeSmith Design & Fabrication
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