|> For those of you who still have freewheels, here's a way to get the
|> leverage you may need to take it off:
|>
http://www.geocities.com/twixtplayer/freewheel.html
|>
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|Why not just simply clamp the freewheel tool in a bench vise after you
|have engaged it into the freewheel and turn the rim?
If I could do that, then I could also remove the freewheel without the
extender bar shown in the photo. I'm not strong enough to do that.
Grabbing the rim with two hands may put more stress on the spokes,
where your hands are, than elsewhere. You might inadvertently place
unwanted transverse stress on the wheel. My approach seems more gentle,
since the stress is distributed evenly among nine spokes (actually
eight, since the spoke that broke was one of the nine.)
|
|If the freewheel was so tight as to require your setup I can not
imagine
|how badly deformed the freewheel threads must be on the hub. What you
|have pictured looks like a way to break or bend your spokes and if the
|wrench of freewheel tool slips it could damage the freewheel.
I have reinstalled the freewheel, ridden hundreds of miles without
any noticeable problem, broken another spoke, and removed the freewheel
the same way and replaced it again, ridden some more, no problem.
With the extender bar, the freewheel comes off easily. There is little
to no risk of the wrench slipping.
|Your threads must have been bonded through corrosion. I hope you put
|some sort of anti-seize on the threads before you reinstalled the
|freewheel so this does not happen again.
I noticed no corrosion, stripping, or any other problem with the
threading.
