I'm trying to strip out the freewheel and the cranks from 2 schwinn OCC choppers. Well, one Schwinn and one iZip, which appears to be made with almost exactly the same components as the schwinn.
i used a crank puller to get the cranks off one side of the iZip but the left side, without the sprocket, is damaged so the crank puller won't thread into it.
The OCC has a bent left side crank arm but i might try and straighten it if i can get it off of there, and then i'll leave the iZip's left crank where it's at.
sprocket on crank arm - can i get this thing off? or is it welded to the crank itself? i really only "need" the sprocket, as i wanted to make my 12-speed into a single speed by way of using the OCC sprocket.
the freeeeewheeeeel... i have a freewheel tool that opened up the freewheel and spilled bearings all over. LOL. ok the tool didnt do it, I did, but still. Now the freewheel is apart but part of it seems to not want to come off the wheel!
final goal, i wanted to use the cranks and freewheel and put them on my 12speed, converting it into a single speed.
i'm wondering if i should part these two OCC's out and go a different route for cranks/freewheel?
i'm a noob to these single speed conversions.
i used a crank puller to get the cranks off one side of the iZip but the left side, without the sprocket, is damaged so the crank puller won't thread into it.
The OCC has a bent left side crank arm but i might try and straighten it if i can get it off of there, and then i'll leave the iZip's left crank where it's at.
sprocket on crank arm - can i get this thing off? or is it welded to the crank itself? i really only "need" the sprocket, as i wanted to make my 12-speed into a single speed by way of using the OCC sprocket.
the freeeeewheeeeel... i have a freewheel tool that opened up the freewheel and spilled bearings all over. LOL. ok the tool didnt do it, I did, but still. Now the freewheel is apart but part of it seems to not want to come off the wheel!
final goal, i wanted to use the cranks and freewheel and put them on my 12speed, converting it into a single speed.
i'm wondering if i should part these two OCC's out and go a different route for cranks/freewheel?
i'm a noob to these single speed conversions.