screw-on freewheel remover

keef66
keef66 Posts: 13,123
edited August 2009 in Workshop
I thought this would be simple. Son's bike has a new chain but now it's skipping all over the place so I suspect the sprockets are worn. Got a replacement screw-on 7 speed freewheel and what I thought was a freewheel remover.
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Cyclu ... 360041223/
Trouble is, it won't fit. It looks the right shape, number of splines etc, but it's just too big. Won't fit in the new freewheel either. Both sets of cogs are Shimano branded parts (they look identical) bike is about 5 years old so not obsolete technology by any means. If I click on the description tab on the Wiggle page it describes it as a shimano cassette removal tool, but it's too deep surely to be a cassette lockring tool??

Anyone point me to the correct thing??

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  • sturmey
    sturmey Posts: 964
    It looks like a cassette lockring removal tool and that is how they describe it.

    If your son's bike has a screw on freewheel(i.e. not a cassette) then you probably need this:

    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=23264

    Think you can get them cheaper than that though!
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    It's definitely a screw-on freewheel, and I have a brand new one to replace it. All I need now is the right sized tool!

    Maybe the LBS will lend me one for the 2 minutes I'll need it
  • NervexProf
    NervexProf Posts: 4,202
    keef66 wrote:
    It's definitely a screw-on freewheel, and I have a brand new one to replace it. All I need now is the right sized tool!

    Maybe the LBS will lend me one for the 2 minutes I'll need it

    Take the wheel and new cassete down to your LBS - my local LBS removed an elderly shimano screw on block for me - and charged me 50p!
    Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom
  • Mister W
    Mister W Posts: 791
    You were robbed. Mine did it for nothing :D
  • STEFANOS4784
    STEFANOS4784 Posts: 4,109
    The teeth on that thing you bought seem to deep. I got one from Halfrauds :shock:
    Does the job well enough though and was about a 5er IIRC..........
    winter beast: http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr34 ... uff016.jpg
    Summer beast; http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr34 ... uff015.jpg
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Are you sure it's not being stopped by the locknuts on the axle from engaging into the splines on the freewheel?
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • crankycrank
    crankycrank Posts: 1,830
    Most freewheels need a brand specific remover so best to make sure the remover is for Shimano and possibly Shimano also has several different versions of freewheels.
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    A Shimano freewheel tool is different from a cassette lockring tool - looks like the description on wiggle is wrong, that's a cassette lockring tool
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    Yup, took the new freewheel to halfords and tried their correctly described freewheel remover for size. Fitted perfectly so I bought it. Old freewheel off and new one on now and no more chain jumping. One day I'll have one of every bike tool I need!

    I'll see if I can persuade Wigggle to amend their description on the website; could save somebody else going through the same frustration
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    just out of curiosity, tried the mystery tool in my Shimano 10 sp cassette, and it's a perfect fit. Needed to get ane of those anyway, so no problem.

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