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Hands up, Surrender!! I lost to a freewheel today.
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Originally Posted by
Metacortex
I've
posted this before
but it bears repeating:
From what I've seen the easiest and fastest way to non-destructively remove a freewheel with stripped or damaged notches is to use a
#8 easy-out tool
. This was how Schwinn dealers were
taught to do it back in the '60s and '70s
.
The big easy out does seem like a good way. I never learned that one somehow, I guess because I never worked in a Schwinn shop.
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