| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1162.1 | If it works don't fix it | JUMBLY::MACFADYEN | Unmitigated junk | Mon May 15 1989 14:06 | 10 |
| Is your bike experiencing any mechanical problems that could be caused
by freewheel looseness, like poor shifting perhaps? If it is, then it
might be worth finding out whether the looseness has anything to do
with it. But if not, and everything is working fine, just leave it
alone. It's quite conceivable that the freewheel bearings could have
developed some play, but that's not necessarily anything to worry
about.
Rod
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| 1162.2 | One way -- not the best | CESARE::JOHNSON | Truth is stranger than fiction | Mon May 15 1989 14:17 | 9 |
| Assuming that you don't have a freewheel tool (or two), you can
tighten it by making sure everything is aligned and then riding
the bike with the chain in the smallest rear cog (top gear). That's
the one that keeps the others tight. Be careful, though: one time
I had one come loose after substituting some cogs. "No problem",
I thought; I upshifted and sprinted for a while. I ended up with
a tight, MISALIGNED freewheel!
MATT
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| 1162.3 | | TALLIS::JBELL | Ceci n'est pas une pipe. | | Mon May 15 1989 15:13 | 21 |
| > you can
> tighten it by making sure everything is aligned and then riding
> the bike with the chain in the smallest rear cog (top gear). That's
> the one that keeps the others tight.
I think that the problem was loose freewheel bearings, not loose cogs.
Years ago, I read that the play was there to account for changes in
the chain angle in different gears. I'm not sure if I believe this.
Most of the time, my derailleur has much more play anyways.
*IF* (big if) you wanted to tighten the freewheel bearings, you would:
1. lay the wheel flat and remove the cone on the freewheel.
It's left-hand threaded, and takes a pin spanner.
2. remove a spacer or two. They are the thin flat rings that control
how far the cone will thread on.
3. put the cone back on and see how it feels. You might want to switch
spacers around to get the right thickness.
-Jeff
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| 1162.4 | You May Be OK | BOOKIE::CROCKER | | Mon May 15 1989 19:53 | 8 |
| I've used 7-spd SIS for three years now (a good deal more than 2,500
miles), and even though I have clusters that have a significant
amount of wobble, I'm having no problems with shifting. Unless
you're really into mechanics, I'd suggest you just leave it alone,
except for cleaning it and relubing it every now and then. As long
as you can shift properly, why bother?
Justin
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