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Cheers Chris, the turd has indeed polished up well.
I'll have a measure up of the dropout screw and get some ordered - thanks for the link.
Got the freewheel off the hub and separated out the individual cogs by mounting on a block of wood and using the chainwhip. Unsurprisingly these first 2 cogs are f'in tight.......but they eventually let go, just before I herniated something......
Unfortunately I'm missing a few teeth on a couple of cogs. I have a spare Suntour Ultra 6 freewheel in the spares box but this is missing a few teeth too. I think by combining the two I can get a block that only has one missing tooth.........close but no cigar. I'm guessing these cogs are not available separately anywhere? Quick search on eBay suggests theres a guy in the USA who has a few but for the price of postage I could get a secondhand block in the UK.
Are these blocks prone to teeth breaking off? Seems odd that I have 2x - both with issues.....
Whilst its apart it feels right to strip the freewheel down - it was solid when I bought the bike a quick blast of GT85 got it moving at least. That's justification for a strip down and service in my mind. Managed to get the lockring moving and carefully pulled it apart - capturing the billions* of small ball bearings
*may be an exaggeration.
I've stripped and serviced one of these before and it offers great peace of mind knowing its properly lubricated for future use.
Peachy!":1flqipq5 said:sherlylock":1flqipq5 said:One other issue to sort - bent dropout screw. Managed to tweak it straight enough to wind it out. Assume these are still available to buy new....
Plenty on eBay
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/331344784825
Excellent work on that post...
Cheers Chris, the turd has indeed polished up well.
I'll have a measure up of the dropout screw and get some ordered - thanks for the link.
Got the freewheel off the hub and separated out the individual cogs by mounting on a block of wood and using the chainwhip. Unsurprisingly these first 2 cogs are f'in tight.......but they eventually let go, just before I herniated something......
![CsHf0d2h.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/CsHf0d2h.jpg)
Unfortunately I'm missing a few teeth on a couple of cogs. I have a spare Suntour Ultra 6 freewheel in the spares box but this is missing a few teeth too. I think by combining the two I can get a block that only has one missing tooth.........close but no cigar. I'm guessing these cogs are not available separately anywhere? Quick search on eBay suggests theres a guy in the USA who has a few but for the price of postage I could get a secondhand block in the UK.
Are these blocks prone to teeth breaking off? Seems odd that I have 2x - both with issues.....
![aXnccNJh.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/aXnccNJh.jpg)
Whilst its apart it feels right to strip the freewheel down - it was solid when I bought the bike a quick blast of GT85 got it moving at least. That's justification for a strip down and service in my mind. Managed to get the lockring moving and carefully pulled it apart - capturing the billions* of small ball bearings
*may be an exaggeration.
I've stripped and serviced one of these before and it offers great peace of mind knowing its properly lubricated for future use.
![JMyPSqdh.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/JMyPSqdh.jpg)
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