hi it about a flywheel on a mountain bike

christophermcharg

hi if you don't have the tool to take of the flywheel can you use anything else it to replace the back axle

nicklouse

christophermcharg wrote:

hi if you don't have the tool to take of the flywheel can you use anything else it to replace the back axle

mountain bikes dont have flywheels.

have a read http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help

jimothy78

I reckon you mean the freewheel?
If so, you don't normally need to remove it to replace an axle (assuming cup-and-cone bearings, which any wheel old enough to take a freewheel (as opposed to a freehub cassette) will probably have).

Start again from the beginning, though - what are you actually trying to accomplish and why?

christophermcharg

my back wheel on my bikes buckled and save buying a new wheel i thought i would change the axle

The Rookie

That will fix a bent axle but not a buckled wheel which is the rim not being straight to the hub.

jimothy78

Oh :shock:

christophermcharg

when i was in the bike shop getting a new chain and free wheel the guy said he shighting my back axle and it was not rubbing on the frame and i thought if i change my axle it would be ok

cooldad

What is shighting and axles shouldn't rub on frames.

christophermcharg

i mean strighting and its my wheel what rubbing

cooldad

So what is strighting? Do you mean straightening? If so what was he straightening? Presumably if something is still rubbing whatever wasn't very successful.

jimothy78

If the tyre is rubbing on the frame just at some point/s in the wheel's rotation, then this is because the rim is buckled and the wheel needs "truing" (straightening) by adjusting the spoke tension (or possibly rebuilding the wheel with a new rim if it's damaged beyond repair).

If the axle is bent, then the tyre will probably be shifted toward one side of the frame, and will rub (or nearly rub) at all points around the rotation.

christophermcharg

it was the axle he done and it the tyre whats rubbing

The Rookie

So was it rubbing through the whole rotation, in which case bent axle and a new axle is the right fix, in which case the wheel wasn't buckled at all.

craker

christophermcharg wrote:

it was the axle he done and it the tyre whats rubbing

If your English isn't good then maybe posting some pictures would help?

cooldad

What has he done to the axle, and why didn't he just fix it?

thelonegroover

craker wrote:

christophermcharg wrote:

it was the axle he done and it the tyre whats rubbing

If your English isn't good then maybe posting some pictures would help?

Agreed, please try and take a little more time with your typing, it's very difficult to understand what you're trying to explain.