Removing Rear Cassette On Road Bike

Shift into the smallest sprocket.

Removing rear cassette on road bike. Each ring is a gear on your bike and the chain which connects to the pedals turns the cassette to power the bike. The rear cassette is a set of concentric gear rings attached to your back wheel. It will only seat in one position. In order to remove the cassette you ll need a freewheel or a cassette lockring removal tool make sure you get one specific to the group you have on your bike because some tools are handle like and others are cyclindrical.

After you have removed the rear wheel from your bike remove the quick release skewer from the wheel. Removing a cassette is the only worthwhile way to clean it. Pick your favorite diy cleaning tool from above and get it soaked with degreaser. Remove the wheel yep 2.

Park tool s gear clean brush gets all the big gunk out and off of your cassette and it s definitely good for reaching into those tight spaces. So i decided to apply a little heat from a blow torch. There s another cog system called a freewheel and the procedures in this video. Cassette tools vary based on whether you re using sram shimano or campagnolo so make sure you get the right one for your cassette.

Newer bikes tend to use the type of hub called a cassette hub the cassette hub uses a freehub system which is a type of clutch mounted to the body of the hub. Calvin demonstrates how to remove and install cassette cogs and choose the correct lockring tool. Our guide below shows you what we believe is the best method to fit and remove cassette sprockets. Due to the explanation above regarding the specific splines of each make you will have to obtain a tool for your particular cassette a wrench if you have a handle.

After that all the tips you need are in the video. Do so as often as you feel like getting grubby if you ride in the winter and dirt regularly then it could and maybe should be a weekly thing. Over time the teeth on the gears start to wear down making the connection to the chain weaker and costing you valuable power. Removing a bike cassette.

How to set up your brakes video how to change a cassette 1. Then insert the cassette lockring remover into your cassette and turn it until it seats. If a standard cassette lockring remover doesn t fit your cassette ask a bike tech for one. Remove rear wheel and quick release.

I m an engineer and encountered many stuck bolts nuts and threads in my time. I just tried to remove my rear shimaneo cassette off a 3 year old bike. How to clean your cassette without bothering to remove it. Release the brakes and quick release to remove the wheel.