pepecat
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Sorry another question.....am trying to fix up an old MBT i purchased recently, and my bike maintenance book doesn't appear to cater for bikes more than about 10 years old.... Plus i know pretty much jack about bike maintenance so am doing a bit of a 'working it out as i go along' job.
I can't get the locknut off the rear hub to then get the axle out and the cassette off - it's well and truly jammed. Will WD40 do the trick or can i just clean the cassette on the wheel? I'd actually quite like to replace the cassette, but need a 5 speed one (bike is 10 speed so two chainrings on the front) and they seem to be like hen's teeth these days....
So...ten speed chain....why are they different from other chains?? I don't quite get this...is it length? or width? 'Cos again, 10 speed chains seem to be tricky to get hold of too.
And finally....bike maintenance book has a selection of gears represented on the 'replacing gear cables' page, but not mine..... I have some of those old black plastic shimano gear shifters (so old I can't even find a pic of them....) where you have to take the whole thing apart to get to the cable...but I don't know how. I've gotten halfway in, but can't work out the rest of it. Is it a case of not taking it apart and just feeding the gear cable through it and then leaving it at that?
I can't get the locknut off the rear hub to then get the axle out and the cassette off - it's well and truly jammed. Will WD40 do the trick or can i just clean the cassette on the wheel? I'd actually quite like to replace the cassette, but need a 5 speed one (bike is 10 speed so two chainrings on the front) and they seem to be like hen's teeth these days....
So...ten speed chain....why are they different from other chains?? I don't quite get this...is it length? or width? 'Cos again, 10 speed chains seem to be tricky to get hold of too.
And finally....bike maintenance book has a selection of gears represented on the 'replacing gear cables' page, but not mine..... I have some of those old black plastic shimano gear shifters (so old I can't even find a pic of them....) where you have to take the whole thing apart to get to the cable...but I don't know how. I've gotten halfway in, but can't work out the rest of it. Is it a case of not taking it apart and just feeding the gear cable through it and then leaving it at that?