Speaking of the pain of rebuilding Reginas, any one have a trick for getting all the cogs off? I mean, with two chain whips, one needs to hold one one cog while one removes another, but what happens when you get down to the last cog? How do you hold the FW to remove the last one? I've never really found a good way of doing this. Thats while I love FW's like the Maillard/Sach Aris. Unscrew the outer cog and all the others just slide off. It's almost fun to rebuild them.
Regards,
Jerry Moos Big Spring, Texas, USA
Jay S <jvs@sonic.net> wrote: Thanks for the e-mail and information Jerry. I learned something new today. I also was able to get the freewheel off using a crude but effective solution. Jay
Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
> Yes, on old Regina at least the inner cog, and maybe the inner two,
> are reverse threaded, and I think thread on from the inside. That's
> why I hate rebuilding them.
>
> Once you've well and truly stripped the notches, the standard
> procedure is to remove the outer FW body. The outer cover plate has
> some indentations where you can use a punch the unscrew the plate,
> which holds the outer body with the cogs on. You can then remove the
> outer body. At this point all the bearings will fall out, so best
> have a pan or something to catch them. You can the clamp the inner FW
> body in a bench vise and turn the wheel to remove the FW. The inner
> body will be ruined, but with stripped notches it was worthless
> anyway. You can try to use the outer body on a good inner, which
> requires getting the bearings to stay in place while you slide the
> body on. Or you can remove the cogs from the outer body to use on
> another FW. This is not fun, but it illustrates why most newer FW's
> are splined instead of notched.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, Texas, USA
>
>
>
>
>
> */Jay S /* wrote:
>
> Hello group,
>
> Here is my dilemma. I've managed to get the first three cogs off a
> five
> speed Regina Oro freewheel, but not the last two. Are the last two
> cogs reverse threaded? Couldn't find the info I need in the archives;
> maybe I searched wrong, but I don't have unlimited time to sit at the
> computer.
>
> The real problem is that despite all my careful efforts, the
> notches in
> the freewheel body peeled away like butter while attempting the
> remove
> it from a Campy hub. I thought that removing the cogs would allow me
> better access to the freewheel body, thus giving me another option
> for
> removal. I'm open to any tips or suggestions as to how to get the
> damm thing off. First time ever I have not been able to remove a
> freewheel. argghhh!
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>
>
> Jay Sexton
> Sebastopol, CA
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