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cassette help

theliam · 2009-09-07 15:45:21

got a new sram cassette but i cant get it off the mock hub thing its on. i have a chain tool and lock nut remover but the thing its on spins freely within the cassette so i dont know how to get it off! im porbably missing something.... but cant work it out!!??

07-09-2009 3:45pm

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theliam

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got a new sram cassette but i cant get it off the mock hub thing its on.

i have a chain tool and lock nut remover but the thing its on spins freely within the cassette so i dont know how to get it off!

im porbably missing something.... but cant work it out!!??

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#2 07-09-2009 3:47pm

Morgan

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Just set fire to it - the plastic will burn away leaving the aluminium cassette behind. Allow it to cool before fitting.

(can't you just pull it out?)

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#3 07-09-2009 3:56pm

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the lock nut is locked to the plastic thing in the middle

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#4 07-09-2009 3:59pm

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Last SRAM cassette I got was held together by a U (or maybe a V) shaped piece of plastic. Just pinched the ends together to get the locknut off.

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#5 07-09-2009 4:18pm

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this is what its on...

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#6 07-09-2009 4:20pm

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Good hard push?

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#7 07-09-2009 4:27pm

theliam

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Morgan wrote: »

Good hard push?

:D

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