M-gineering wrote:
> neil m berg wrote:
>> I may have not been clear with my earlier post. I just a freewheel
>> removal
>> tool that will work with a Regina freewheel on the old Phil Wood hubs.
>> For
>> instance a Park Tool will not go on far enough to engage the grooves
>> in the
>> inside of the freewheel because the inside of the tool is slightly
>> tapered.
>> Phil Wood used to make them. They have advised me that no other tool will
>> fit. They long ago discontinued it and have been looking through old
>> stock
>> for a month with no luck.
>
>
> Get a tool which doesn't quite fit, heat the inside redhot with a
> acetylene torch, let it cool and drill out the center.
> Many current E-bikes have fat non-removable axles and freewheels ;)
>
Instead of a torch a Tig welder works very well too
-- mvg
Marten Gerritsen
Kiel Windeweer
Netherlands