Its an old Peugeot record du monde. Freewheel (cyclo 72) is stuck and I dont have a tool to remove it. Are these parts so worn it's beyond repairable?
by kentuckypickels
Its an old Peugeot record du monde. Freewheel (cyclo 72) is stuck and I dont have a tool to remove it. Are these parts so worn it's beyond repairable?
by kentuckypickels
7 Comments
A bike shop with the right tool can pull that off easy in about 5 seconds. Then disassemble the axle, clean the old grease out, replace ball bearings, and repack with fresh grease and you’re good-to-go.
Without the right tool though trying to repack the axle with the gear set still on ain’t fun.
The bearings are probably worn. If you take the bearings out and look inside the racer where they sit if its anything other than smooth inside you might as well replace the wheel.
If there’s no pitting you can clean it and replace the bearings and grease
I was in a similar situation and I stretched the frame to put 700c wheels ($25 for a basic set of Mavics) with a freehub. It was less of a headache and I had a 7 speed cassette laying around so two extra gears!
For some much needed context at some point I noticed that the rear wheel was a bit wobbly. I opened it up and there were three broken ball-bearings on the driveside, broken straight from the middle. So I got some replacements bearings (size was checked to be correct), cleaned it up and put some new grease. For a little while it was fine but it started wobbling again…
Axle is broken.
Need new.
You could try using a pair of needle noses pliers opened up with the tips in the slots of the freewheel, and a big wrench around that. Or you could just get the right tool obviously.
Put your cone nut back on and buy [THIS](https://www.parktool.com/en-us/product/freewheel-remover-fr-2?gQT=1) tool. Looks like the FR-2 would fit.