Trying to remove freewheel and have FR-2 parktool but the grooved middle part seems fixed to the spindle? Do these come off or now.
Please help
by Aggravating_Hair_909
Trying to remove freewheel and have FR-2 parktool but the grooved middle part seems fixed to the spindle? Do these come off or now.
Please help
by Aggravating_Hair_909
4 Comments
The black ring has two pin divots that should unscrew to take sprocket off. The groves bit is part of the axle
The grooved middle part is your axle locknut. Leave that be, you don’t need to remove the axle to change your freehub.
Instead get a 2prong tool for the freehub and put it in a vise, wheel on top and rotate it counter clockwise (wheel backwards).
You’re on the right track, but you have a Suntour freewheel tool. You have a Maillard freewheel there. You need this:
[Maillard tool](https://www.ebay.com/p/1540343334)
https://preview.redd.it/ipjbtt31q0bf1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9f8c9db41ff935582058fe7157b0bbe09104544
You don’t need to remove the locknut (the grooves thing) on the axle to remove the freewheel. Easiest way to use the tool is to put it in a bench vise facing up, place the wheel and freewheel on it, and grasping the tire with both hands, give it a sharp tug counterclockwise.
Thank you all for the advice. Whats the best way to do this without a vise?