Ugo51
Retro Guru
Hi all,
I recently got around with building the rear wheel of my Peugeot (boy, was it more difficult than the front!) and I decided to go for a modern 5-speed freewheel.
Beside the questionable look (the cogs are obviously made of metal - cheap looking - but the body is some composite material suspiciously looking like plastic), shifting gears has become nearly impossible. Going from 3rd to 2nd, which incidentally is one of the two most common shifts I use, is so hard to nail that I am now convinced is not just the matter of getting used to the new spacing, there is something wrong.
Actually, the spacing should be the same. I didn't bother measuring it, but it should be the canonical 5.5mm.
Is it possible the old-style chain doesn't agree with the new cogs? It's not particularly worn out, but it looks a fair bit thicker than a modern chain (again, not yet measured, but will do), which would explain why anything but the most perfect alignment makes it rattle.
I could easily swap the chain for a new one, but I wouldn't want to find myself in the same situation, with nothing solved. Because at the moment I'm still in time to swap the new freewheel for my ol' reliable. Which I would have done already if I had the remover tool...
What do you suggest?
Thanks
I recently got around with building the rear wheel of my Peugeot (boy, was it more difficult than the front!) and I decided to go for a modern 5-speed freewheel.
Beside the questionable look (the cogs are obviously made of metal - cheap looking - but the body is some composite material suspiciously looking like plastic), shifting gears has become nearly impossible. Going from 3rd to 2nd, which incidentally is one of the two most common shifts I use, is so hard to nail that I am now convinced is not just the matter of getting used to the new spacing, there is something wrong.
Actually, the spacing should be the same. I didn't bother measuring it, but it should be the canonical 5.5mm.
Is it possible the old-style chain doesn't agree with the new cogs? It's not particularly worn out, but it looks a fair bit thicker than a modern chain (again, not yet measured, but will do), which would explain why anything but the most perfect alignment makes it rattle.
I could easily swap the chain for a new one, but I wouldn't want to find myself in the same situation, with nothing solved. Because at the moment I'm still in time to swap the new freewheel for my ol' reliable. Which I would have done already if I had the remover tool...
What do you suggest?
Thanks