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ALL DONE!
In the end I had to go Shaun's route, and took the whole thing to pieces.
There was a certain amount of rust involved and considerable amounts of road dirt that was removed after which the body of the freewheel was put in my vice... still no joy.
Time to break out the trusty blowtorch / WD40 combo. This has worked for me on old car parts, British motorcycle engine bits and many other heavy metal bit'sn'bob's over the years. On the second round of hot /drench /vice, hot / drench / vice, attempting movement in both directions, I got a tiny movement tightening, and off it came loosening.
So, after an hour or two of brutality, heat and oil, all is now clean and ready for re-use.
ALL DONE!
In the end I had to go Shaun's route, and took the whole thing to pieces.
There was a certain amount of rust involved and considerable amounts of road dirt that was removed after which the body of the freewheel was put in my vice... still no joy.
Time to break out the trusty blowtorch / WD40 combo. This has worked for me on old car parts, British motorcycle engine bits and many other heavy metal bit'sn'bob's over the years. On the second round of hot /drench /vice, hot / drench / vice, attempting movement in both directions, I got a tiny movement tightening, and off it came loosening.
So, after an hour or two of brutality, heat and oil, all is now clean and ready for re-use.
