How do you remove a Claris cassette?
To remove the cassette, hold it from spinning using a chain whip. Insert the lockring tool (use the FR-5 series), and turn the tool counter-clockwise. The locking ring will unthread from the freehub and the cassette will lift upward.
Is SRAM cassette tool same as Shimano?
Nope. SRAM and Shimano use the same lockring removal tool.
How do you remove a seized cassette lockring?
Overlap the chain on the chain whip so that it binds itself in place if necessary. You should secure the cassette lockring removal tool with the quick release skewer or axle bolt, just enough to hold it in place (although some removal tools don’t have a hole in the middle for you to do this).
Can I remove a cassette without a chain whip?
Brace your wheel between your legs, put a sturdy piece of wood like a 2×4 on your cassette’s left side, and hit it down with a rock to release the cassette without a cassette wrench. You’ll still need the little lockring tool, but an auto parts store will have an adjustable wrench to grab the lockring tool.”
Should you grease cassette lockring?
If the bearings are sealed (so dirt can’t get into the bearing), and there isn’t an interface (two surfaces rubbing together), than lube is probably not needed. Adding lube may actually create a dirt-trap as more dirt sticks rather than just getting in there and falling back out.
How are freewheels attached to a Hyperglide cassette?
All sprockets in a Hyperglide cassette are splined, and a special lockring screws into internal threads on the Freehub body to hold the set together. This lockring can use the same splined tool as is used to remove Shimano and Sachs/SRAM conventional freewheels.
What’s the best way to remove a cassette?
To remove the cassette, hold it from spinning using a chain whip. Insert the lockring tool (use the FR-5 series), and turn the tool counter-clockwise. The locking ring will unthread from the freehub and the cassette will lift upward. To install the cassette, lubricate the threads inside the cassette stack.
Is there a way to remove Shimano Uniglide cassette?
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What kind of sprocket does a Uniglide cassette use?
The smallest sprocket on a Uniglide cassette was not splined, it was threaded. The threads of this sprocket would hold everything else together. Dura-Ace Freehubs used a different, smaller thread, which worked only with Dura-Ace threaded sprockets.