Bikehut cassette doesn't fit

Donelson

I'm trying to change the hub on a cheap bike,
I've got a bikehut cassette tool and it almost fits. But the diameter seems a tiny bit to big.
Are there other tools our other ways of getting the cassette off m

lescol

If it's a cheap bike then it's likely to be a freewheel and not a cassette. The removal tool is very similar to a cassette lock ring tool

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=23264

Tonyandthewhale

Pretty sure I use the same tool for both freewheel and freehub removal (although it's been awhile since I had to remove a freewheel).

Is it definitely a shimano compatible tool and a shimano compatible cassette? Because if either the tool or the cassette is campag standard it obviously won't fit with shimano stuff and vice versa.

Donelson

Meh, This has gotten worse, all the bearing are on the kitchen floor.
It's time for a new wheel I think!

Thanks for the advice, it's not your fault that I'm incompetent

Mycroft H

Tonyandthewhale wrote: »

Pretty sure I use the same tool for both freewheel and freehub removal (although it's been awhile since I had to remove a freewheel).

Is it definitely a shimano compatible tool and a shimano compatible cassette? Because if either the tool or the cassette is campag standard it obviously won't fit with shimano stuff and vice versa.

The Shimano freewheel remover has bigger splines compared to the freehub lockring remover. They look similar, but the freewheel tool has much bigger splines to handle the oomph required to remove a freewheel.

The freewheel tool wont fit into the smaller freehub lockring also.


I've no idea if the Campy freewheel/freehub tools are interchangable. I've never seen a Campy freewheel come to think of it.

Mycroft H

Donelson wrote: »

Meh, This has gotten worse, all the bearing are on the kitchen floor.
It's time for a new wheel I think!

Thanks for the advice, it's not your fault that I'm incompetent

How'd ya manage that?

rurs

BX 19 wrote: »

The Shimano freewheel remover has bigger splines compared to the freehub lockring remover. They look similar, but the freewheel tool has much bigger splines to handle the oomph required to remove a freewheel.

The freewheel tool wont fit into the smaller freehub lockring also.


I've no idea if the Campy freewheel/freehub tools are interchangable. I've never seen a Campy freewheel come to think of it.

Actually, a Shimano freewheel tool fits Campy cassette lockring.

OP, I had a similar problem with the freewheel tool that came with the recent Lidl toolkit. It was just a tiny bit too big for either my 7 speed freewheels or my Campy cassette. Maybe there's a badly made batch doing the rounds?

In the end I bought one of these. At least the 1/2 driver in the Lidl kit fitted it...

Mycroft H

rurs wrote: »

Actually, a Shimano freewheel tool fits Campy cassette lockring.

OP, I had a similar problem with the freewheel tool that came with the recent Lidl toolkit. It was just a tiny bit too big for either my 7 speed freewheels or my Campy cassette. Maybe there's a badly made batch doing the rounds?

In the end I bought one of these. At least the 1/2 driver in the Lidl kit fitted it...

I never knew the Shimano freewheel tool fits the campy lockring. That's useful to know. The Shimano freewheel tool does not fit SRAM/Shimano lockrings, they're different tools altogether. I've not used the lidl toolkit, kinda wishing I had picked it up.

Cassette Lockring


Freewheel

Donelson

Ah that explains it, I'm using what looks like a free wheel tool to remove the cassette
On the ball bearings, my axel is the old partially threaded rod type, and the nut on the cassette side was glued. So I removed the axel to remove the nut, and out popped the bearings. I knew this would happen and I even plead with myself to stop before it was too late, I should have listened!