I had this experience once, too, back in the mid-90's. I had a Suntour, Shimano, or some kind of FW (can't remember) stuck on an old Campy Record hub so badly that I actually stripped the notches out of the FW trying to get it loose with the removal tool. The LBS I took it to guaranteed that they could get it off, but would destroy the FW in the process. I said go for it and they did, and it did. Since then I've used higher quality components AND lubed the hub threads with anti-seize compound and have had no further problems.
On Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 12:55:18 PM UTC-6, Mark Reimer wrote: > > I'd agree. I had two dicta freewheels. One of them I put on before a CX > race to test riding with a 16t freewheel. Within a few laps of hard and wet > racing it blew up. The second one I used in winter. It blew up in a couple > days. Then I bought a shimano. It's lasted two years so far but I can't use > it in the cold as the pawls stick and it spins both ways! The White > Industries freewheel I've had for 4 years now hasn't missed a beat once. > It's perfect. > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> An aside, but related: when I wanted the 16 t fw removed from the back >> wheel of my Dahon Hon Solo, having no remover myself I took it to a good >> lbs -- Fat Tire. Mechanic said: "The only way to get it off is to destroy >> it in a bench vise," which he proceeded to do. Mechanic claimed that such >> cheap fws were not meant to be recyclable. >> >> I had not particular desire to keep that fw, but was he right, or was he >> full of a particular unpleasing substance? >> >> (Bike now has a14 t fixed cog in place.) >> >> On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 5:32 PM, George Schick <bhi...@gmail.com >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> Anyone out there know of a "BMX" freewheel removal tool that will work >>> well with a Phil Hub? Unfortunately, the center hole on a commonly used >>> tool, like the Park FR-6, is not large enough to slip over the >>> larger-than-normal axle caps of the Phil hub. This means that the axle cap >>> on the drive side must first be removed, which is not only an extra PITA, >>> but then the removal tool has to sit against the notches on the freewheel >>> without benefit of the QR skewer to hold it in place, risking the stripping >>> of the FW notches in the process. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >>> <javascript:>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >> Other professional writing services. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten >> >> ************************************* >> *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a >> circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and >> individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu >> >> *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* Carthusian motto >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/oNqXFQvMZbQ/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
