| | |  | Lubricants & Care Products | Home » » » Park Tool FR-5 Freewheel Remover which fits Shimano Hyperglide | | | | | | | Description: | | Use this tool for removal and installation of Shimano cassettes.Park Cassette Lockring Remover FR-5C. | | | Features: | |
• Use this tool for removal and installation of Shimano cassettes.
• Park Cassette Lockring Remover FR-5C
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 1.18 inches | | Product Width:
| 3.35 inches | | Product Height:
| 6.3 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.17 pounds | | Package Length:
| 5.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 3.7 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.4 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.1 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 35 reviews |
| | | | Customer Reviews: | |
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28 of 28 found the following review helpful:
 The right tool for the jobAug 04, 2007
By G. A. Davy
"Utility Cyclist"
Like all Park tools, this one is nicely made and has a good "feel" to it. Unless you're a professional bike mechanic, you probably won't use this tool often--but when you need it, nothing else will work. I may not use it again for years--but it's nice to have it in my toolbox, just in case.
A couple of notes for beginners: you will also need 1.) a chainwhip, and 2.) a big Crescent wrench. I learned this the hard way. If you have all three tools, you can remove your cassette in a couple of minutes. If you don't have all three tools, forget it! (Most people probably already know this, but I guess I was a slow learner!)
14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Park tool Lockring tool.(FR-5 G)Feb 01, 2009
By Constant R. Derbez
"Consistentbike"
This my review for the FR-5G from Park tool.
There is not much to it.It is a very good quality piece. It seems to be machined out of a very high quality steel,stainless or other solid metal ( heat treated maybe). The finish will keep it from corroding for a very long time. The guide pin is removable and screws on and off. It is supposed to work on Shimano, Sram, Suntour, Sunrace, Chris King, etc but I have only tried it with my Shimano Megadrive and works great!
The price might be a couple dollars higher that a normal FR-5 which does not have the guide pin. The guide pin is not necessary and usually the axle skewer can be used as a guide. It is up you which one you buy. I just figured better safe than sorry (in case the skewer trick does not work), plus you get the precision and quality of Park Tool.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Works very nicelyMay 22, 2007
By Philip J. Bohlken
I actually have the version of this Park tool with a spindle that goes into the hollow quick release style axle. It removes the lockring that holds the gear rings on the cassette's spline body. You might think you would never want to remove those, but it is a handy thing to do for cleaning grit and gunk from your cluster. Just remove them and soak them in a cleaning solution, rinse, dry, and reinstall. Also, removing the gear rings gives you more room if you need to adjust the bearing cones or allows you to replace a worn ring. But, the back five or six gear rings are riveted together in one piece. This tool did not fit the cheap cassette on my wife's Wal-Mart bike, though. A chain whip or the careful use of a pipe wrench is a necessary auxillary tool to hold the cassette so it does not turn when removing the retaining ring.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 It's OK, but the IceToolz Cassette Lockring Tool with PIN is better!Jul 14, 2010
By Nicholas C. Wilson
I have quit using chainwhips as much as possible. These things can take your eye out if they break on a stuborn hyperglide style cassette lockring. I like the Stein Hyperhandle used in conjunction with the Lifu Cassette Lockring Tool (Icetoolz is a brand used for Lifu made tools for bicycles) - it makes easy work of cassettes with out endangering oneself with by using a medieval instrument of death - the chainwhip. The Lifu has longer splines and the center spike doesn't come loose like the Park version.
If you work in a shop, you owe it to yourself to finding a better tool. For all of the wheel work that I do (replacing broken spokes) - having a higher quality tool makes great sense.
http://www.amazon.com/IceToolz-Cassette-Lockring-Tool-PIN/dp/B0028N57UU/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1279081062&sr=1-2-fkmr0
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Perfect!Mar 17, 2010
By Nighthawk
"Nighthawk"
What can I say about Park tools? They work! They fit! They seem to last forever! Highly recommended! Makes working with your 7-9 speed cassette effortless.
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