Re: [CR]WTB French thread FW's also wanted advise on SunTour FW's

Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:31:44 -0500
From: "John Thompson" <john@os2.dhs.org>
Organization: TheCrimson Permanent Assurance
To: CR List <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]WTB French thread FW's also wanted advise on SunTour FW's
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Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
> How does one disassemble SunTour clusters? To what extent
> can cogs be interchanged between various SunTour models?

On Pro-Compe and Perfect freewheels, the outer 2 (or 3 if 6 speed) cogs are threaded, the rest are splined. Winners have two threaded levels, but the largest cogs are splined.

Pro-Compe and Perfect cogs are interchangeable, but Winner cogs only work on Winner bodies.

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John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA