Originally Posted by
ClydeClydeson
Unless you had the chainwhip attached to the axle for some reason, then no, it would not bend the axle. The cogs and freewheel are not directly attached to the axle. For the same reason a bent axle will not cause freewheel wobble, applying a force to the cogs with a chainwhip will not bend the axle.
I am perplexed why you don't think it was bent by riding... did you put a new axle in and noticed it was bent before you rode it?
I've seen and fixed a lot of bent axles on freewheel equipped bikes but never imagined it was caused by anything other than riding, or maybe grossly misaligned dropouts (which would have been misaligned by a bent axle caused by riding).
Yes it makes sense, bikes are quite old so previous owners riding and bending axles is very plausible… just wanted to clear my sense of guilt…
Originally Posted by
JulesCW
Just curious -- what sort of "tests" were you doing with a chain whip on a freewheel mounted on the hub? What were you trying to accomplish?
I.e. servicing a Maillard FW and forcing to unscrew the first cogs, …