Re: [CR] Rebuilt my Regina CX freewheel

(Example: Framebuilders:Dario Pegoretti)

Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 19:30:23 +0100
From: "M-gineering" <info@m-gineering.nl>
Cc: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Rebuilt my Regina CX freewheel


Bianca Pratorius wrote:
> This is the first freewheel since 1970 that I dared to rebuild. It went
> smoothly in fact as it did almost forty years ago. I screwed the body
> face up to a large plywood board using three screws around the largest
> cog to hold it in place. ..
>

Sounds a bit complicated to hold the freewheel. I'd either get a LH bracketcup with a large bolt through the axle hole to enable it to be clamped in a vise, or I'd sacrifice an old hub. Spin the hub on and tap the cone loose. When you're done tightening the cone will loosen the FW again

-- mvg

Marten Gerritsen
Kiel Windeweer
Netherlands