SA AW problem - freewheeling in first gear
04-11-10, 05:16 PM
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SA AW problem - freewheeling in first gear
Okay, so I finished putting my '72 Raleigh back together, but I think I have a serious problem. Right now, I have no first gear. Using both the "official" Sturmey Archer visual inspection method and the unofficial Sheldon Brown tension method, the adjustment appears to be pretty close to right. Second and third gears work fine, and there is a "neutral," freewheeling position in between the two, as there is supposed to be. But there is no first gear - it just freewheels.
My guess is that there is something wrong with the low gear pawls and/or springs, requiring that I tear the hub down (again!). Obviously, I'm not looking forward to it. Before I dig in, can anyone think of anything I'm not thinking of? Anything at all that might help me resolve this issue without repeating the whole overhaul?
My guess is that there is something wrong with the low gear pawls and/or springs, requiring that I tear the hub down (again!). Obviously, I'm not looking forward to it. Before I dig in, can anyone think of anything I'm not thinking of? Anything at all that might help me resolve this issue without repeating the whole overhaul?
04-12-10, 02:09 AM
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So it didn't work properly once you reassembled it?
Reassembly fail : (
Reassembly fail : (
