Screw on freewheel question

[bagpuss]

Took one apart to remove it from the hub owing to the slots x2 been damaged.
Sprockets x5 came of in one cluster. Caught all the bearings.
My question is are cams where the bearings sit and screw onto the hub
Interchangeable. 5 speed is what I have made by Everest Italy gold finish
Or are they all different depending on the manufacturer .
British thread .

 

[Midlife]

Back in my day which is the 70’s the internals of each freewheel were unique to each manufacturer.

If the slots for the remover were damaged we would take it apart and use a vice to remove the body from the hub. Then throw away what was left unless the sprockets themselves were of use on an identical freewheel.

 

[jim haseltine]

Almost certain that Everest freewheels were actually a branded version of the Regina Oro model so most likely a Regina Extra or Oro body would fit those sprockets. If so, the rear two sprockets were left hand threaded and fitted from the back of the body.

 

[bagpuss]

Thanks for that information. I will set the sprockets aside you see if the appropriate Regina freewheel turns up .

 

[jim haseltine]

Regina Extra and Oro freewheels seem to start at around £15 on a popular on-line auction site. The vast majority of them have the remover slots buggered up but there are a couple that look ok to me. There is actually a NOS Everest body there too. Then comes the first of a couple of pieces of fun - removing the cogs. We used to have a number of VAR tools that mounted in a vice - 368 clamped the threaded bodies and 365 held down the body and locked cogs by their teeth, we would mix and match the tools as required for each task. The second bit of fun comes the first time you ride the bike and the sprockets wind up tight on the body - most disconcerting to select a gear and find that the first pedal stroke doesn't drive the rear wheel.
Seriously, NOT something I miss.
I've done a bit of digging and things are strange where the Everest brand is concerned. Everest brand chains were produced by Vittorio Fossati in Sovico, Milan - the company still exists as Everest Chain in the same place. Everest brand freewheels (with the same losenge shaped logo on packaging) were produced by Guglielmo Caimi in Castano, Milan.