Re: [CR]RE: Stuck FW

(Example: Events:Cirque du Cyclisme:2004)

Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 18:52:38 -0700
From: <mrrabbit@mrrabbit.net>
To: Don Williams <donwilliamsjr@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]RE: Stuck FW
References: <76EEB660F8864BF0900756350CD12894@cpugreer> <cd45da8c0901041443m18c80770t9401969bab5bb5fc@mail.gmail.com>
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cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
cc: Dickey
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Come to think of it - just head to the copper plumbing section of Home Depot, Orchards, etc.

You'll find cold spray bottles there you can use to chill the hub...

Use a propane torch a foot a way to warm up the freewheel without damaging it...

...but I still favor Charle's patient approach...

=8-)

Robert Shackelford San Jose, CA USA

Quoting Don Williams <donwilliamsjr@gmail.com>:
> Hi Jerry...
>
> Have you tried the hot and cold trick? At electronics supplys you can
> get frees spray... Heat the freewheel first and then frees the heck
> out of the hub... Quickly try th remove the freewheel before the temp
> normalizes...
>
> Don Williams
> Woodinville WA USA
>
> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Dickey <ogreer@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > Jerry, face facts. If you can't break the bond loose with a pair of 14"
> > cheater bars! Which is what you have pulling with both arms on a fully
> > assembled wheel, then maybe you need to decide you can spare a fw body
> > for a new one. I take the q-release outer nut off and flip it over so I
> > get more threads holding. Take both little springs off the release and
> > tighten the q-r tight with your hands. Get a good grip in your vise and
> > rear back quickly once or twice. If it breaks loose, remember to losen
> > the Q-R nut. If a no-go. then remove the adjusting/lock collar on the fw
> > and take out the pawls, shims, and 72 ball bearings. Then the dremal
> > gets a work out making a line the length of the body trying not to get
> > into the alloy threads of the hub. It should then be ready to crack open
> > and loosen it's grip. I would rather save a Pro Am then a ST fw any day.
> > If you decide to leave it alone and change the gears. put the chain on
> > 3rd or 4th position, and straddle the bike holding brakes and pedal,
> > while someone uses a chain whip to break the outer cog loose.
> > I know that some people are scared lifeless of the insides of a fw, now
> > would be a good time to go in and look around at how 2 very small pieces
> > of metal transfere your powerful legs into 30 mph.
> >
> > Dickey Greer
> > West Monroe,La
> >
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