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"HP" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi, I have an 80'ish Team Fuji road bike that I'm using to commute to
> school. A spoke on the freewheel side broke, and I had to get the
> freewheel off to put in a replacement. The freewheel takes a 4-prong
> SunTour removal tool, which I had. Anyway, I put on the extractor,
> screwed
> on the QR lever, and tried it with a 12" crescent, and it wouldn't budge.
> Tried it some more, and 2 of the 4 prongs broke. Then I took the thing to
> a neighbor's house and mounted it on a vise and tried again. The 3rd
> prong
> broke.
>
> So I went down to a LBS to see if they have any tricks, and they said the
> only thing left to do is to disassemble the freewheel and take out the
> cogs, then clamp on the body to remove it. Didn't have a center punch, so
> I tried with some flatbladed screwdriver to get the outer ring of the
> freewheel to turn, but it just ate the screwdrivers. Anyway, I'm starting
> to think that getting this thing apart is more trouble than it's worth,
> and
> since the wheel isn't that great a shape any more, I thought about getting
> a new set of wheels.
>
> I checked on Nashbar and they have a wheelset for $75. It said that it
> has a 130mm spacing (using 8-9 spd Shimano cassette). I don't know of the
> specs on my bike (early to mid-80 Fuji), so I'm not sure if it will fit.
> I'm not even sure what the measurement is exactly, for the dropout width
> or
> the wheel or what. Can anyone give some info on the bike I have, or some
> advice on either upgrading the wheel or to get the doggone freewheel off?
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> HP
Well let us assume that the Fuji is a steel frame bike. If the spacing for
the new Nashbar wheels is wider than what your current wheels are, you can
always cold set the frame Take a look here:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/frame-spacing.html
Cold setting is pretty easy I have used this method on a couple of older
steel frames.
Ken
news:[email protected]...
>
> Hi, I have an 80'ish Team Fuji road bike that I'm using to commute to
> school. A spoke on the freewheel side broke, and I had to get the
> freewheel off to put in a replacement. The freewheel takes a 4-prong
> SunTour removal tool, which I had. Anyway, I put on the extractor,
> screwed
> on the QR lever, and tried it with a 12" crescent, and it wouldn't budge.
> Tried it some more, and 2 of the 4 prongs broke. Then I took the thing to
> a neighbor's house and mounted it on a vise and tried again. The 3rd
> prong
> broke.
>
> So I went down to a LBS to see if they have any tricks, and they said the
> only thing left to do is to disassemble the freewheel and take out the
> cogs, then clamp on the body to remove it. Didn't have a center punch, so
> I tried with some flatbladed screwdriver to get the outer ring of the
> freewheel to turn, but it just ate the screwdrivers. Anyway, I'm starting
> to think that getting this thing apart is more trouble than it's worth,
> and
> since the wheel isn't that great a shape any more, I thought about getting
> a new set of wheels.
>
> I checked on Nashbar and they have a wheelset for $75. It said that it
> has a 130mm spacing (using 8-9 spd Shimano cassette). I don't know of the
> specs on my bike (early to mid-80 Fuji), so I'm not sure if it will fit.
> I'm not even sure what the measurement is exactly, for the dropout width
> or
> the wheel or what. Can anyone give some info on the bike I have, or some
> advice on either upgrading the wheel or to get the doggone freewheel off?
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> HP
Well let us assume that the Fuji is a steel frame bike. If the spacing for
the new Nashbar wheels is wider than what your current wheels are, you can
always cold set the frame Take a look here:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/frame-spacing.html
Cold setting is pretty easy I have used this method on a couple of older
steel frames.
Ken