My guess is that any standard 2-prong remover will work on that freewheel, but I am admittedly not a Shimano expert. You should be able to order a remover at any reputable bike shop. When you get it, hold it tight to the freewheel by reinstalling the skewer, and use a nice, big wrench on the remover. It's important to hold the remover tight, because the remover and/or engaging parts on the freewheel will have a tendency to strip if you don't.
Those are indeed some long-lasting hubs. I have a set on my '72 Cinelli and on my randonneuring bike. If the bearings ever stop spinning smoothly, Phil Wood will refurbish the hubs for you. --Eric N Sent from the iPad 2 On Apr 8, 2011, at 1:07 PM, Minh <mgiangs...@gmail.com> wrote: > And for times when they get you into trouble. So i'll take the retro- > derailleur request from a recent thread to bring this up. For some > odd reason i've noticed that my inclination for bike parts leans > towards the old. After a dalliance with carbon fiber and suspension > in my youth (you should see my hardtail mt bike, carbon cranks from > 1998! magura brakes! carbon fiber suspension seat post!). at the old > age of 33 i'm only buying bike parts old then me or from an era older > then me. > > Anyway here's one of those situations where maybe i'm getting myself > into trouble buying the old stuff. I picked up this wheel recently > and it's an old phil wood design, from the pictures i'd guess early > 80's. Well it has a Shimano 600 freewheel, in general i love shimano > 600 stuff (two cranks, brakes, levers etc), but i'm hesitant to use > this wheel as is. The FW looks to be in ok condition. My concern is > that i've done some research and i know that getting this freewheel > off can be tricky, so i'm trying to decide now if i should attempt to > remove and replace with something more modern or ride it and pray that > i'll be able to remove it in a few years. This is an either or > because after reading the nightmares about getting this freewheel off > (and also tracking down the freewheel tool which is only made by one > small mfr still) i wouldn't re-mount it myself. > > And i really would like to use the hub for years to come, it's held up > this far no reason to think it won't keep going. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/minhi/5599199529/ > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/minhi/5599781666/ > > And for those people who are going to tell me just to give up on > freewheels, sure i could've just gotten a shimano 105 cassette hub > wheel fort he same price, but i just love the fact that a 30 year old > phil wood wheel still spins smooth. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
