Freewheel problem ?

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[tyred]

I was just about to suggest spraying WD40 into it but I see you've washed it in petrol and then relubed so that should be good to go. This happens when old grease and dirt gunges up and sticks the pawls.

 

[Ivan Ardon]

Sounds like a good diagnosis and fix to me. Ride and enjoy!

 

[gbb]

What you've done so far will probably fix it..probably to the point you can forget thinking about replacing it.
There's only two small pawls (ratchets) inside, held in place by a retaining ring. There's so little to go wrong, it probably was just gunked up.

You can get into them, but your method i'd have thought would suffice quite adequately.