Re: [CR] re Phil Wood Disc Brake - How do you removed the threadeddriver?

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From: "paccoastcycles" <paccoastcycles@sbcglobal.net>
To: <hsachs@alumni.rice.edu>, <kwallace@cableone.net>, Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:47:55 -0800
Subject: Re: [CR] re Phil Wood Disc Brake - How do you removed the threadeddriver?


hello there,

I'd try using a stick of wood placed against the driver (as I recall, they are scalloped) and wallop it with a hammer. It is the impact that loosens it and the wood should indent leaving the driver in great shape.

Chuck Hoefer
Vista, California USA


----- Original Message -----
From: Harvey Sachs
To: kwallace@cableone.net


<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 3:52 AM Subject: [CR] re Phil Wood Disc Brake - How do you removed the threadeddriver?


> Ken Wallace asks how to remove the threaded driver that mounts on the hub
> and engages the disk on the Phil hub brake.
>
> The standard method was always to use the brake itself as the tool. Use
> the adjusting screws to tighten up the assembly (like putting the brake on
> firmly), and then rotate the wheel backwards relative to the brake. Like
> removing a freewheel.
>
> Now, I'm of the firm conviction, as discussed in the archives, that
> another approach might be better. Grab the darned thing with a pipe
> wrench, and chew it up so the brake can't be used again. Or cut
> perpendicular with a dremel. The Phil was an elegant concept, but a
> fatally flawed execution.
>
> The Phil brake is a sad story on several levels, like injuries. And, the
> rest of the Phil line has so consistently been so great, that it really
> stands out as an anomaly.
>
> harvey sachs
> mcLean va.
> PS: Ken, I have one of these beauties in my collection of triumphs of bike
> component design, like the Campagnolo Gran Trashmo. If you don't have the
> brake, but just the driver, I could send it to you as the removal tool.