• Also, Cyclo freewheels.
    It has two ‘slots’ which I guess means a two pronged sprocket to remove it? I’ve two but neither fit as my tools are likely 50 years to new. Is there a specific one?
    The faceplate of the thing (which is a lovely brass colour) is engraved with a ‘this way to undo arrow’ so that’s the way this is removed?

  • Yeah, take off the plate, eveything comes out for a service! To remove the block, use 2 small allen-heads to fill in where the main part of the pawl sits, and lock the assembly in a vice so that those heads provide an anchor while you rotate the wheel to undo. I use it all the time, it's better than a 2 prong tool, which always destroys the body, and usually the tool too. I think Sheldon may nave explained the technique better than me.

  • Uh, this sounds complicated.
    Or rather, is not such a simple removal situation for a simpleton like me. Consequently this will usually always result in me royally f*cking something up with a valuable component mashed rather than saved.
    Might take it to the LBS

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