http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Old type Shimano Cassette/Freewheel? en Wed, 13 May 2026 03:49:04 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6050#post-64585 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:10:37 +0000 Smudge 64585@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Spokes fine, rim fine, but a replacement chain was skipping so the cogs are worn :-/<br /> Looks like I need to get a block remover then :-)</p> <p>Thanks for the info chaps, I have only had to do hyperglide type cassettes up until now! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6050#post-64581 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:28:57 +0000 crowriver 64581@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Uncle Sheldon (RIP) has the answers, as usual:</p> <p><a href="http://sheldonbrown.com/freewheels.html" rel="nofollow">http://sheldonbrown.com/freewheels.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6050#post-64578 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:19:34 +0000 wingpig 64578@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You could try the figure-eight chain-inversion removal technique, if that sort of thing is what it's for. Mine took some considerable straining to remove, which is fair enough considering the years and miles which had gone into tightening it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6050#post-64576 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:21:00 +0000 chdot 64576@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes but no. </p> <p>You'll have lots of ball bearings running around and the body still attached to the hub. </p> <p>Have you got a broken spoke?? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6050#post-64575 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:14:13 +0000 Smudge 64575@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks for the swift reply :-)</p> <p>In the absence of the correct tool I assume my original idea will work? Are parts still available for these do you know? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6050#post-64574 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:05:03 +0000 chdot 64574@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Looks like a normal 6 speed freewheel (not a cassette) - so standard Shimano block remover. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6050#post-64573 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:46:41 +0000 Smudge 64573@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7086/7061437723_7081b77f9b.jpg"><br /> I've got a road wheel (by which I mean 700c) which has a Shimano cassette which is not of the standard modern type, (pic above hopefully), I assume to remove it I'll get away with just using a chain whip as usual, then with my free hands(!) tap off the lockring using a suitable drift and hittystick? </p>