Re: [CR] Phil Wood freewheel tool clarification

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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:22:16 -0800
From: "Chuck Hoefer" <paccoastcycles@sbcglobal.net>
To: Mark Stonich <mark@bikesmithdesign.com>
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Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, neil m berg <neilmberg@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CR] Phil Wood freewheel tool clarification


If you are in the USA I could mail you one to use and you could send it back to me. I used one of mine today on a job in the shop. Send me an email and we can get that going if that will work for you.

Chuck Hoefer Vista, California USA

Mark Stonich wrote:
> At 1/27/2010 02:41 PM -0600, 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.
>
> Gunnar,
> If the Park tool can be fitted into a 3 jaw chuck we could try boring
> it out on my lathe. If my lathe won't do the job we could head up to
> my machinist's place. Where BTW you can usually see an assortment of
> pre-pneumatic antique bikes.
>
>
> Mark Stonich;
> BikeSmith Design & Fabrication
> 5349 Elliot Ave S. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55417 USA
> Ph. (612) 824-2372 http://bikesmithdesign.com
> http://mnhpva.org