how do i remove this freewheel?

[emaayan]

hi..
does anyone know how do i remove this freewheel? (for obvious reasons)

i believe this is the freewheel in question http://www.ebay.com/itm/390920625401?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[youtube]yZ-RmB6e7AE[/youtube]

 

[Thud]

on the side opposite shown, there are 2-lands ground in the main hub of the freewheel. this is where the removal tool gains purchase for removal.
its a simple 2-prong spanner.

looks like you need to remove the shaft & get creative to hold the part while getting some torque on it.

or the cowboy way:
A punch & hammer will remove the bearing thrust plate from the side shown (the 2 dimples on the freewheel shown)
unscrew that & the ball's will spill out then the outer cog & broken pawls will slip off the shaft...
then you can grip the hub with a pipe wrench or channel lock pliers & twist it off.

have fun.

 

[emaayan]

you mean something like this? http://www.amazon.com/DeWalt-401680-00-Spanner-Wrench-Prong/dp/B002JUW76Y

do you happen to know which direction do i remove it?

i tried removing the 2 dimples as well. doesn't seem to move.

i have a problem removing the shaft , but i can lodge a screwdriver a driven sprocket and stop it from moving

 

[Thud]

This video is a multispeed freewheel, but the construction is the same.

The bearing retainer is a reversed thread. (Clock wise to loosen)
May i ask how long that little freewheel was in service before it failed?

Looking at your video makes me think they have a shouldered adapter on the shaft...the direction of drive would be unscrewing a standard threaded freewheel....or that one has a revers thread also.

Your ebay linked unit makes no mention of left hand threading.
Not impossible....but not common in my experiannce

The wrench you show is close & could work...the actual freewheel tool looks like the grey unit, middle of middle row:
http://www.mytenspeeds.com/My_TenSpeeds_1/Bicycles_Table/Custom_Bicycles/SSConvert/Peugeot_Wheel/Peu_Wheel_Tools_FWRemover_1.jpg


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[emaayan]

those tools would require to have to take shaft off, that's harder.

gng says It is threaded on with left thread

what video?

 

[Thud]

Try this:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eDdSpIPt5qk

If its a lh thread then clockwise will remove it..
That will make the dimpled ball retainer/race a standard thread..(lefty=loosey)

Harder? More difficult? That is the e-bike journey.

I would attack the dimpled retainer & get it down to the inner hub....path of least resistance.

 

[emaayan]

you mean clockwise from the angle i took the picture.
the problem with the video is that it assume those notches are in front. in sucn a case i would have been able to run something through the spindle and try it .
they are in fact from the back, so from this angle it should CCW

when i say harder, i mean with tools that i don't have myself or can use myself , in order to remove the spindle would at least need to remove this adapter, and it seems to be press fit, so that means heat treating it and them remove it.

 

[Thud]

Hmnn. I lost a post.
Looks like you have some surface to get a small pipe wrench on the shoulder
& if its LH, yes ccw as the top photo shows.