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Tony Raven
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Great Eastern wrote on 27/12/2006 11:02 +0100:
> Rob Morley wrote:
>> That's a low-quality Chinese brand and AFAIK they only make
>> freewheels, not cassettes.
>
> So I'd need a freewheel remover to remove the whole lot? then replace
> with a better brand version?
Yes, have a look at the various types on the link Sheldon Brown sent
yesterday to identify the type of freewheel remover you need - splined
or notched. You can then replace with any brand of six speed freewheel.
To fit it clean and grease the threads, offer the freewheel up to the
threads and turn it anticlockwise until you feel a little click of from
the start of the two threads crossing each other, then twist it
clockwise gently to spin it on, making sure you haven't cross threaded
it. You don't need to do it up tight as the first outing will do that
for you via the pedals. One other thing is you will almost certainly
need a new chain as the old one will skip on the new sprockets.
--
Tony
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wildly inaccurate..."
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> Rob Morley wrote:
>> That's a low-quality Chinese brand and AFAIK they only make
>> freewheels, not cassettes.
>
> So I'd need a freewheel remover to remove the whole lot? then replace
> with a better brand version?
Yes, have a look at the various types on the link Sheldon Brown sent
yesterday to identify the type of freewheel remover you need - splined
or notched. You can then replace with any brand of six speed freewheel.
To fit it clean and grease the threads, offer the freewheel up to the
threads and turn it anticlockwise until you feel a little click of from
the start of the two threads crossing each other, then twist it
clockwise gently to spin it on, making sure you haven't cross threaded
it. You don't need to do it up tight as the first outing will do that
for you via the pedals. One other thing is you will almost certainly
need a new chain as the old one will skip on the new sprockets.
--
Tony
"...has many omissions and contains much that is apocryphal, or at least
wildly inaccurate..."
Douglas Adams; The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy