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
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On Apr 8, 2011, at 1:07 PM, Minh 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.
>
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