Re: [CR] Phil Wood freewheel tool clarification

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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:12:06 +0100
From: "M-gineering" <info@m-gineering.nl>
Cc: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <d551afc1001271241u83bee7cy8a56c12887854a6a@mail.gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Phil Wood freewheel tool clarification


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 ;)

-- mvg

Marten Gerritsen
Kiel Windeweer
Netherlands