Worked for me on my Tri-Diamond free wheel with these same inner splines. I got a 9/16ths x 1 inch bolt for 2.30$, ground the corners, then put flats on it. My 12inch adjustable wouldnt do it until I slipped a pipe over it like you said. I did strip it once and had to make the flats have more surface area.Then it came off. Repacked bearings & set the tension. Thanks Broski.
Thanks ! everybody else says just buy the tool. But unless its like a park tool then who knows the quality. A pack of these lug nuts will work forever same as the bolt. I don't even own the proper tool, don't need it.
I used the bolt option after seeing your video. It fit right in without grinding anything. It had a shank over the threads, so I got a visegrip plier, tightened it, and it worked.
Thanks ! I try to stay away from bike shops. But these days it seems everybody buys a new bike if there is any problem. So I get the old bike and get free parts. Right now during covid though, canadian tire is price gouging on even cheap bikes asking for $500 for a bike worth $200 before fake covid. So perhaps people will go to the bike shop for repairs or fix old bike themselves.
Much appreciated. I need to adjust my cones, but because the pinion is in the way, and I don't have a specific tool to remove the cone, nor can I seem to find it anywhere (I think it's a shimano cone) this option is the next best solution. I'll remove the pinion, and will have access to the cone and use a wrench to adjust it. Not elegant, but Mcgyver would approve.
Thank you for making this video youngster. You certainly gave us many avenues to solve this problem without having to purchase a proprietary tool. You are also good at demonstrating and explaining things. You spoke slowly and clearly in a calm even voice. You'd be a good teacher!
Damned good idea! I didn't think of that. 12 splines so a hexagon bolt would fit with a little work with the grinder. I have an odd-ball freewheel that I can't buy the tool for (sand in freewheel bearings). Thanks! One thing that might help someone who is trying to grind down parallel surfaces on a bolt so you can get a wrench on it: just double nut the bolt! That's how mechanics remove studs from an engine block. You just put two nuts on the bolt and tighten them into each other. Then you can get a wrench on one nut or the other depending on whether you are tightening or loosening it (or put it in a vice) without all the grinding.
i like it. Wondering if anyone has a technique for removing a cassette which rotates with the sprocket. ie a non freewheel mechanism. The tools which are sold on amazon have a different diameter.
I just bought a freewheel tool from the bike shop in Oklahoma. It was only like $10 I think... But that's a good idea! If I didn't have one, I would totally try this
Sockets....it's a lugnut . Great ideas but would be helpful to know what your actually using. But the point being that you're using $50 worth of lug nuts to take the place of a $20 tool still is kind of hard to swallow.
at 9:00 the spark plug socket............use the other end...it will fit! Then use a pipe wrench to loosen...use a cheater if necessary.....worked like magic....
Depending on the manufacturer of the freewheel u may have to just lightly feather your lug nut faces. Not really removing much material just the zinc coating / resurface without putting pressure on the grinding disc.
This is the video i was looking for. I bought a 3 pack of freewheel remover tools from amazon and turns out theyre made of chineseium and are like a millimeter too small so they get tight right on the very end of the splines then skip and strip if you try to turn it. Im replacing all the freewheels anyways but im getting tired of guessing if a tool is gonna fit.
That would work ! but i rather not break my vice lol. And \or wear and tear to the vice jaws. I think i can get more leverage with a large pipe anyways though.
Many concepts are NOT best conveyed with Video. This is one of them. This good idea could have been explained in about 30 secs with a couple of photographs. A 13min video was not necessary.
If its f150 factory lugnuts then it will not work. The after market lug nuts im showing in the video are much different. The factory lugnuts acorn shape and because they have a cheap sleeve over the lugnut they wont work for this.
Originally had lugnuts / sockets, those are the ones slightly grinded. One day I noticed the longer lug nuts in the store so i bought a 4 pack. Either will work but these new longer lug nuts were much better. You cant just buy specialty bike tools at your local big box store. They last thing they want you to do is fix your bike, or it could be its just not a hot seller for retail.
@@BIKEMAN21 i asked Batman he said "I am from Gotham city" so i kicked him in the nuts and stole his wallet and then used his credit card to buy myself some gloves and then i used my hands. But the weren't bare so yeah thanks for the tip bro!
There's one catch to that, first im highly skeptical of the quality of a $8 tool, also not everybody shops online. but anybody can walk into a canadian tire and buy the lugnuts the same day. Thanks for commenting. buying the tool is an option but i never found a need for it.
LOL the actual tool is less than $15, less than the lug nuts, AND fits over the axle. Save yourself the trouble of removing the axle and bearings and get the right tool. Fit the proper tool in a vice and "drive the bus", and voila! no fussing with the cone bearings. This video assumes you have all these other tools laying around to fabricate something that fits. Go for this method if you have more time than dollars and sense.
Good points, but there is no fabricating involved, if you buy the lugnuts im showing it will work. Also if you buy the tool you will not require a vice just a wrench and a pipe. Using vice could actually break the vice or what ever the vice to mounted to. Initially i had the grade 3 bolts and random lug nuts already laying around that basically fit perfect. in the video im just showing a better method.
First things first I love birds I love animals but you should have did this video away from the birds they are annoying when watching this video second those nuts that you got from the Auto or hardware store store probably cost the same or more than a tool that is specifically designed to take the freewheel off the tool that will take the freewheel off is only 10 bucks on Amazon and most of the bicycle stores online or wherever there's a bicycle store near you three you talk too much you do too much explaining.
Worked for me on my Tri-Diamond free wheel with these same inner splines. I got a 9/16ths x 1 inch bolt for 2.30$, ground the corners, then put flats on it. My 12inch adjustable wouldnt do it until I slipped a pipe over it like you said. I did strip it once and had to make the flats have more surface area.Then it came off. Repacked bearings & set the tension. Thanks Broski.
This video's got it all dude over 10 minutes good descriptions good options. good way not to end up at the bike store.
Wow your idea worked! This video deserves a million views! I tried other ideas and was not as perfect as this one! Thank you!
Thanks ! everybody else says just buy the tool. But unless its like a park tool then who knows the quality. A pack of these lug nuts will work forever same as the bolt. I don't even own the proper tool, don't need it.
I used the bolt option after seeing your video. It fit right in without grinding anything. It had a shank over the threads, so I got a visegrip plier, tightened it, and it worked.
Your the man I did the same thing a yr ago..... I wnt local bike shop they asked me to bring my bike change me just for taking off lol
Thanks ! I try to stay away from bike shops. But these days it seems everybody buys a new bike if there is any problem. So I get the old bike and get free parts. Right now during covid though, canadian tire is price gouging on even cheap bikes asking for $500 for a bike worth $200 before fake covid. So perhaps people will go to the bike shop for repairs or fix old bike themselves.
I guess this is good for some of those odd ball sizes the regular tool won't fit
Much appreciated. I need to adjust my cones, but because the pinion is in the way, and I don't have a specific tool to remove the cone, nor can I seem to find it anywhere (I think it's a shimano cone) this option is the next best solution. I'll remove the pinion, and will have access to the cone and use a wrench to adjust it. Not elegant, but Mcgyver would approve.
no need to flatten the bolt. just lock two nuts on the other end and you're good
Good hack, thanks!
I put a rod coupling worked good
Thanks bro very helpful for me I can take apart everything on a bike but the freewheel and after this video took me 2 min
I like to put a lot of grease also so it comes off easier next time.
Thank you for making this video youngster. You certainly gave us many avenues to solve this problem without having to purchase a proprietary tool. You are also good at demonstrating and explaining things. You spoke slowly and clearly in a calm even voice. You'd be a good teacher!
Sir, you are a genius!
P. S. Strangle that bird please!
Damned good idea! I didn't think of that. 12 splines so a hexagon bolt would fit with a little work with the grinder. I have an odd-ball freewheel that I can't buy the tool for (sand in freewheel bearings). Thanks! One thing that might help someone who is trying to grind down parallel surfaces on a bolt so you can get a wrench on it: just double nut the bolt! That's how mechanics remove studs from an engine block. You just put two nuts on the bolt and tighten them into each other. Then you can get a wrench on one nut or the other depending on whether you are tightening or loosening it (or put it in a vice) without all the grinding.
i like it. Wondering if anyone has a technique for removing a cassette which rotates with the sprocket. ie a non freewheel mechanism. The tools which are sold on amazon have a different diameter.
I just bought a freewheel tool from the bike shop in Oklahoma. It was only like $10 I think... But that's a good idea! If I didn't have one, I would totally try this
Right on, Thanks for commenting !
you could tighten 2 nuts together at the end of the bolt instead of grinding flat ends and then use your wrench on the locked nuts
Excellent idea and description - nice production - thanks.
Thanks, have a great day !
GOOD TIP MATE, I,LL GIVE IT A TRY, THANK-YOU VERY MUCH !!
1:25, the bolt you're using is a grade 5 bolt
Good video. Gave me some ideas. And the thing you used is a lug nut, not a socket..
Yep...forget the tool, whose got time to wait...whitworth bolt worked a treat 👍👍
Sockets....it's a lugnut . Great ideas but would be helpful to know what your actually using. But the point being that you're using $50 worth of lug nuts to take the place of a $20 tool still is kind of hard to swallow.
The package of 4 lugnuts was $20 canadian. and has a lifetime warranty
I literally find lugnuts on the side of the road. I dont accidentally find freewheel remover tools. So this fix is free to me.
Good job bro ur video was very helpful thanks
How do you repack the silver one?
Haha the famous lug nut now I know good explanation
Great idea!!
Thank you!
are those 29 inch wheels i really ned one
how can i remove the lockring on the casette?
use the same lug nut. I made a video for that too ua-cam.com/video/B57rZiHZ5AE/v-deo.html
The right tool is like $7 ?
at 9:00 the spark plug socket............use the other end...it will fit! Then use a pipe wrench to loosen...use a cheater if necessary.....worked like magic....
This is exactly what I did. Worked great!
Big fan ❤️
Thank you for your video
Really good vid. Thank you.
No damage..... first seconds of video, he shows a grinding disc :D
Depending on the manufacturer of the freewheel u may have to just lightly feather your lug nut faces. Not really removing much material just the zinc coating / resurface without putting pressure on the grinding disc.
Also some are 20 mm bolt and two nuts with some never come off juice aka permanent Loctite
This is the video i was looking for. I bought a 3 pack of freewheel remover tools from amazon and turns out theyre made of chineseium and are like a millimeter too small so they get tight right on the very end of the splines then skip and strip if you try to turn it. Im replacing all the freewheels anyways but im getting tired of guessing if a tool is gonna fit.
Interesting, and they said " just buy the tool " lol
@BIKEMAN21 OK just buy the _right_ tool.
Most removers are about $6-10 and fit several models.
Use a vice in your shop instead of a wrench to turn your tool.
That would work ! but i rather not break my vice lol. And \or wear and tear to the vice jaws. I think i can get more leverage with a large pipe anyways though.
Buy the tool on line for cheap, put in the vice and spin the wheel! Bam done in 2 sec
The vidieo is 2 years old, but you say get a socket for 20 bucks when the chep special tool cost about 5 € and works perfectly okay
Prob it might be better option to buy freewheel remover than all that tools on the table
You wont find one in a store though, But you will find lugnuts and tools
I did the method and it didn’t move
How can u handle those birds my god
But a good idea
that is a cassette, not a freewheel, right?
Parktool fr 1.3 to buy
Many concepts are NOT best conveyed with Video. This is one of them. This good idea could have been explained in about 30 secs with a couple of photographs. A 13min video was not necessary.
Its called a lug nut not socket! Just saying
Dude a grinder is 100% a special tool......
Seriously ? lol
Mine cost $15 at harbor freight and im a moron with zero special skills.
@@BIKEMAN21 I live in an apartment
The socket set costs about $20?...
A proper 'Park Tool' freewheel tool...that fits right over the wheel axle, no problem...costs about $9 to $12.
if you are going to buy $20 lug nuts, just buy the proper tool......or barrow your neighbor's lug nut....lol
If its f150 factory lugnuts then it will not work. The after market lug nuts im showing in the video are much different. The factory lugnuts acorn shape and because they have a cheap sleeve over the lugnut they wont work for this.
Why don't you just buy the tool by the time you buy all those sockets?!
Already had various lug nuts and bolts just laying around, dont have the actual tool, but i bet the lug nuts and bolt are superior.
If you are going to buy sockets why didn't you just buy the correct tools in the first place?
Originally had lugnuts / sockets, those are the ones slightly grinded. One day I noticed the longer lug nuts in the store so i bought a 4 pack. Either will work but these new longer lug nuts were much better. You cant just buy specialty bike tools at your local big box store. They last thing they want you to do is fix your bike, or it could be its just not a hot seller for retail.
Freewheel removal tools can be purchased on eBay for under $3 with free shipping.
@@jamesbowman6925 they dont fit. If theyre slightly too small they just strip and become 100% worthless.
@@professorfukyu744 You might be able to use red Loctite to help tighten the fit. You'd have to let the Loctite cure for 24 hours.
Not everyone has a damn grinder shit not everyone even have a bike
find a flat piece of concrete , it will do as good or better job then a grinder.
How to do something without a tool
Make the tool
No tool???? Just use bare hands
not even batman could do that
@@BIKEMAN21 i asked Batman he said "I am from Gotham city" so i kicked him in the nuts and stole his wallet and then used his credit card to buy myself some gloves and then i used my hands. But the weren't bare so yeah thanks for the tip bro!
Cheaper to just buy the tool I think
He thinks a socket holds a tire on a lug stud
Cheaper just buying the tool.
tool costs $8 at amazon... less than buying your lug nuts and no screwing around!
There's one catch to that, first im highly skeptical of the quality of a $8 tool, also not everybody shops online. but anybody can walk into a canadian tire and buy the lugnuts the same day. Thanks for commenting. buying the tool is an option but i never found a need for it.
Thats what i bought. Theyre garbage and dont fit.
LOL the actual tool is less than $15, less than the lug nuts, AND fits over the axle. Save yourself the trouble of removing the axle and bearings and get the right tool. Fit the proper tool in a vice and "drive the bus", and voila! no fussing with the cone bearings. This video assumes you have all these other tools laying around to fabricate something that fits. Go for this method if you have more time than dollars and sense.
Good points, but there is no fabricating involved, if you buy the lugnuts im showing it will work. Also if you buy the tool you will not require a vice just a wrench and a pipe. Using vice could actually break the vice or what ever the vice to mounted to. Initially i had the grade 3 bolts and random lug nuts already laying around that basically fit perfect. in the video im just showing a better method.
You are using tools. They are homemade but they are still tools.
First things first I love birds I love animals but you should have did this video away from the birds they are annoying when watching this video second those nuts that you got from the Auto or hardware store store probably cost the same or more than a tool that is specifically designed to take the freewheel off the tool that will take the freewheel off is only 10 bucks on Amazon and most of the bicycle stores online or wherever there's a bicycle store near you three you talk too much you do too much explaining.
Thanks for the input