🔧 Efficiently Remove Freewheels with Park Tool FRW-1 Freewheel Remover Wrench Review

This is no ordinary tool - this is a professional park tool. My only modification was to go to a hardware store and replace the hex wrench set screw with one that I can easily finger tighten.

From what I've been told the ratchet can actually be screwed in so I bought this heavy duty wrench for extra leverage. Very durable. Nice addition to my Park Tool Kit. Nicely coated handle for more comfort.

This is the first time I've seen a "professional pedal wrench". I almost fell to my knees and bowed to him. Leverage is so important! Take it! I've used a rechargeable impact wrench and it's not much, but this tool should work most of the time. Great tool weapon for stuck cartridges!

I had so much time to spin the cassette. I had the right tool to remove the cartridge lock ring, but I couldn't squeeze it with a wrench. I didn't have wrenches big enough to help, so I ordered this wrench for parking. This is a sturdy and well made tool and it took me 2 minutes to eject the cartridge after installing the tool.

Park's FRW-1 Freewheel Wrench is a good tool to have in your toolbox. since the lever is needed to remove the freewheel and the wheel cassette requires a lot of torque, strength, a vise and a workbench. I would recommend this tool and the wheel straightening tool. It fits my large Fuji and Opus hybrid wheels like a glove. It is only compatible with the Park FR-1 freewheel removal tool for Shimano FW, not the Nashbar tool.

This is a force application tool. With this tool I had enough leverage to disengage the most stuck ring of the cassette or freehub or bottom bracket when the puller enters the bushing. I removed some of them that previously seemed impossible to detach from the wheel, so I restored a few wheels that I thought were lost. I was happy about that. One trick that works for me is that when I needed more leverage, I lengthened the arm by adding a piece of pipe.

While this tool is certainly built to last, it's nowhere near as easy or quick to use as the old/cheap one I got from Nashbar or Spectacle I think 15 years ago. I put the old one I have in a travel tool box and wanted a new one for home use so I bought this one. This is not a ratchet (not advertised as such) and is much more awkward to use. The old tool I have just slips onto a 3/8" ratchet, and you can ratchet it much quicker than trying to turn that tool. Is the tool good? Yes. It looks like…