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Louis
10-03-2012, 01:32 PM
A buddy of mine a work recently acquired a "box o' tools and parts" from an old-timer. He recognized everything except the attached. There are actually two of them, one stamped "Suntour" and the other "Park" so we know that they are bike-related.

Our first guess is that they are axle vises. Anyone care to confirm that? If that is what they are, I can't figure out what the four little protrusions that look like piano-wire bending jigs are for.

Louis
AgilisMerlin
10-03-2012, 01:36 PM
freewheel tool
Louis
10-03-2012, 01:42 PM
freewheel tool

So how does one use it?
echelon_john
10-03-2012, 01:52 PM
it's a freewheel tool. shown here at the bottom:
http://www.wundel.com/suntour.html

i THINK it's for actually disassembling the freewheel; e.g. swapping cogs rather than removing the FW from the bike. The rollers are used to grasp a cog between teeth, and the arms are for leverage to unscrew the cog from the others, which you could hold with a chain whip.

Somebody smarter than me can confirm/deny, but I think I'm close.
Lewis Moon
10-03-2012, 01:53 PM
I think it's a hub vise.
echelon_john
10-03-2012, 01:56 PM
HAH! Even from another plane entirely, Sheldon STILL HAS THE ANSWER!

That man was a gift. Seriously.

http://sheldonbrown.com/freewheels.html

Scroll down and you'll see how it's used.
Louis
10-03-2012, 02:03 PM
Thanks guys :) That's exactly it!

As I told Pete, "I bet they'll be able to figure it out in minutes."

Louis
redir
10-03-2012, 02:39 PM
HAH! Even from another plane entirely, Sheldon STILL HAS THE ANSWER!

That man was a gift. Seriously.

http://sheldonbrown.com/freewheels.html

Scroll down and you'll see how it's used.

A gift that keeps on giving, I used his wheel-building web pages just last night to rebuild my front MTB wheel with a new rim.
David Kirk
10-03-2012, 02:50 PM
I think I might have one of those! I'm old.

freewheel vice


dave
Don49
10-03-2012, 04:08 PM
HAH! Even from another plane entirely, Sheldon STILL HAS THE ANSWER!

That man was a gift. Seriously.

http://sheldonbrown.com/freewheels.html

Scroll down and you'll see how it's used.
+1

I think about him everyday.
Joel
10-03-2012, 04:22 PM
Oh lord!

I AM getting old.

Not only know what it is, know how to use it, and even worse, still have one!
malcolm
10-03-2012, 04:44 PM
Oh lord!

I AM getting old.

Not only know what it is, know how to use it, and even worse, still have one!

ditto
Tandem Rider
10-03-2012, 04:46 PM
I think I might have one of those! I'm old.

freewheel vice


dave

I have it's predecessor from Var, so I must be older than dirt.
bart998
10-04-2012, 12:02 AM
I have a freewheel vice, they are great for holding the large cog while you unscrew the smaller cogs from the freewheel body using a chain whip tool.
rustychisel
10-04-2012, 12:45 AM
you old guys are hilarious.

I suppose you still use tubulars, too?


Oh, wait....
Louis
10-04-2012, 12:48 AM
I suppose you still use tubulars, too?

I've even heard that some of them still ride steel bikes. Can you believe it?
rustychisel
10-04-2012, 12:53 AM
I've even heard that some of them still ride steel bikes. Can you believe it?


Just trying to get the clampdown on three or four simultaneous threads, my man. :banana:

a banana always helps, I find
alancw3
10-04-2012, 04:09 AM
hah! Even from another plane entirely, sheldon still has the answer!

That man was a gift. Seriously.

http://sheldonbrown.com/freewheels.html

scroll down and you'll see how it's used.

+1