Need to disassemble it so that I can grease it up more.
More info: it's a 7 speed freewheel
Any help is appreciated, thanks
by FroggeBot
Need to disassemble it so that I can grease it up more.
More info: it's a 7 speed freewheel
Any help is appreciated, thanks
by FroggeBot
9 Comments
They aren’t designed to be taken apart.
Don’t bother disassembling. Just dribble a little motor oil inside. Spin it backwards slowly, while dribbling in a teaspoon of oil.
Shimeng-FL lol
Why do you need to grease it more?
Yes. There is a tool for this Walmart was selling them. Note there are three different sizes.
They really aren’t meant to be maintained or repaired. The cogs on a freewheel will typically wear out much quicker than the ratcheting mechanism.
That said, you can open them up by using a pin spanner on those two tiny holes you can see in the front. But it’s almost certainly not worth the effort. [https://youtu.be/T_vRbBRPr3c?si=kkZ96ao7ZR53rZxR](https://youtu.be/T_vRbBRPr3c?si=kkZ96ao7ZR53rZxR)
Ugh
Pain in the behind to work on. I rebuilt one on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere Montana one time out of desperation. Do not recommend even with the right tools and a workshop.
The tool is called, a cassette lock ring tool. It’s a splined shaft-looking thing. Park Tool sells them, but so did Walmart at one time,