The very next ride the pawls skipped a half dozen times. It has been
removed and I'm slowly dripping oil/WD-40 through it. (Don't have a
solvent bath...yet).
It also appears that Shimano has started making freewheels again.
Picked up a couple from the LBS, market as $19.99 and they gave me a
Thanks to all for the thoughtful replies.
I believe it was the pawls inside the freewheel that skipped. There
is no gunk build up or visible wear on the cogs, no measureable wear
on the chain.
I'll give the soaking the FW in solvent technique a go.
Thanks!
Angus
On Feb 1, 12:41 pm,
My solution was to immerse the freewheel in some kind of cleaning
solvent, agitate to float any dirt or impurities away, dry the
freewheel out and wipe it down, then lube the pawls with Phil Wood
oil. Lubing is done by dripping the oil into the gap between the
outermost cog and the freewheel body.
On Feb 1, 2010, at 4:51 AM, Angus wrote:
To set the stage, I'm happily stuck in a 7 speed / freewheel world,
understand how freewheels work, do all my own bicycle maintenance
etc...
I was riding my Atlantis yesterday and during one hard effort (it's
all relative) the freewheel
Angus,
If the FW body itself skips from not engaging.. from my
experience it's from grease inside becoming gunked up inside causing
the pawls to miss engaging. I've had this happen with multiple Sachs
FW's because of the grease they use from the factory. Suntour FW's
always came oiled,
I'll agree with Mark that you can probably stop the skipping and
extend the life of of the freewheel with some solvent, followed by
some lubrication. I've done this with both freewheels and freehubs
with varying degrees of success.
Seriously though...If this freewheel has indeed provided
The latter usually means body onto frame in one manner or the other.
Slightly OT. I recently came across a rather beautiful and incredibly
light Campy 6 speed freewheel. I want to use it on a set of wheels I
am building for my forthcoming 650b road bike. I recently decided not
to go with a
on 2/1/10 12:50 PM, JoelMatthews at joelmatth...@mac.com wrote:
The latter usually means body onto frame in one manner or the other.
Slightly OT. I recently came across a rather beautiful and incredibly
light Campy 6 speed freewheel. I want to use it on a set of wheels I
am building for
