Steve H
Large Member
- Location
- Brighouse in West Yorkshire
My chain was wearing quite a bit, so time for a replacement. I thought it would also be sensible to change the cassette this time around. I'm not that great at maintenance, but these are jobs I can do and have the tools for.
So off comes the wheel and out come the chain whip and the lock-ring tool. I get the lock-ring off reasonably easily and off comes the first couple of sprockets of the cassette with ease. However the next sprocket is a bit stuck. After a lot of jiggling, I have to apply pliers and the chain whip again. Same for the next couple of sprockets. It turns out that some of the sprockets have twisted into the freehub. Now this was a Shimano 105 cassette on a Shimano/SRAM freehub and I seem to recall that the cassette would only fit on when aligned the right way. See photo of how the cassette has twisted into the freehub.
So have I done something wrong when I fitted this cassette last time? Or do I simply have legs so strong that regular equipment isn't tough enough for me???
So off comes the wheel and out come the chain whip and the lock-ring tool. I get the lock-ring off reasonably easily and off comes the first couple of sprockets of the cassette with ease. However the next sprocket is a bit stuck. After a lot of jiggling, I have to apply pliers and the chain whip again. Same for the next couple of sprockets. It turns out that some of the sprockets have twisted into the freehub. Now this was a Shimano 105 cassette on a Shimano/SRAM freehub and I seem to recall that the cassette would only fit on when aligned the right way. See photo of how the cassette has twisted into the freehub.
So have I done something wrong when I fitted this cassette last time? Or do I simply have legs so strong that regular equipment isn't tough enough for me???