I was removing freewheel that was super stuck and when i got it off ther was loads of shards from the hub threads.
I can stil see and feel the threads on the hub but im not sure if the new freewheel goes on those threads anymore the new freewheel is still on the way so i cant try. The old part dosent seem to go in the threads anymore but im not sure if the threads are busted in the old part as well.
Does the threads seem too damaged or do i just have to wait and see when the new part come.?
by zyzba2
4 Comments
What direction did you turn it, if you were looking at it from the top, wheel lying flat on the ground? It might be that it had been installed skew, which would have destroyed the threads, and removing it just finished the job.
Those threads do look damaged though.
That’s one smooth dethreading
Hard to say for sure, but it doesn’t look good.
Possibly – no harm in trying a thread file and seeing if you can clean up the threads a bit – then carefully try the new freewheel. If it screws on then fine, if it doesn’t then you need a new hub.