brucem76 Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 So I removed and degreased cassette and chain. Went great. But when I put everything back, my shift cable needed to be tightened a fair bit. A bit disconcerting - surely it shouldn't have changed? Sent from my Redmi Note 3 using Tapatalk
bikebloke Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 firstly what exactly do you mean by "removed" the cassette? did you remove the wheel or did you take a big spanner with a socket on and remove the cassette from the wheel ? by removed the chain you mean undid the quicklink and removed the chain ? if you took the cassette off the wheel did you put it and the spacers back in the correct order and tighten it to spec? are you sure that when you put the chain back on you threaded it thru the pulleys correctly ?
BaGearA Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 there are one or two small black spacers that go in between certain cogs on the cassette and you have not put them back in the right order. Other wise you have bent something while the rear wheel was out of the frame ( most likely your der. hanger)
brucem76 Posted January 1, 2017 Author Posted January 1, 2017 So the spacers are all part of the cogs, so I couldn't put them back wrong. The shifting is all perfect, just needed a tighter cable, so it's not a bent detailer or missing spacer - intriguing Sent from my Redmi Note 3 using Tapatalk
'Kaze Pete Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 So the spacers are all part of the cogs, so I couldn't put them back wrong. The shifting is all perfect, just needed a tighter cable, so it's not a bent detailer or missing spacer - intriguing Sent from my Redmi Note 3 using TapatalkLoose spacer behind the cassette if you are riding anything between 8 and 11 speed?
bikebloke Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 intriguing is not a word that has a place in bicycle maintenance mate ......
brucem76 Posted January 1, 2017 Author Posted January 1, 2017 intriguing is not a word that has a place in bicycle maintenance mate ...... But is the phrase "learning as you go"? Sent from my Redmi Note 3 using Tapatalk
brucem76 Posted January 1, 2017 Author Posted January 1, 2017 Loose spacer behind the cassette if you are riding anything between 8 and 11 speed?I can't see any spacer back there - there's the plastic disc that prevents the chain hitting the spokes, then a tiny gap (assume it's created by how the cassette slots onto the hub) and then the gears. The gears are shifting perfectly, so maybe nothing's wrong. It was just strange to have to tighten the cable. Perhaps something wasn't quite right before I removed the cassette? Sent from my Redmi Note 3 using Tapatalk
bikebloke Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 But is the phrase "learning as you go"? Sent from my Redmi Note 3 using Tapatalk if you like but that's usually followed by "Ooops" and an expensive trip to the LBS but if it works for you I wish you the best of luck please tell us you aren't learning on a colnago or a santa cruz
brucem76 Posted January 1, 2017 Author Posted January 1, 2017 Lol - don't worry my tastes are far cheaper. All my learning so far has saved me heaps of money and given me a real appreciation for my bike. I'm not normally encouraged to just take it to lbs on here - perhaps for more complex tasks like shock service etc. Cassette and chain are performing 100% I just really like to understand things well and it was unexpected to have to tighten shifter cable Sent from my Redmi Note 3 using Tapatalk
brucem76 Posted January 1, 2017 Author Posted January 1, 2017 Just took it off to double check - pretty much impossible to get anything wrong - it's lockring, then smallest cog with built in spacer, then next cog with built in spacer, then the set of 8 cogs, with a built in spacer on the back.... Sent from my Redmi Note 3 using Tapatalk
brucem76 Posted January 1, 2017 Author Posted January 1, 2017 I hope you lost the dork disc.Lol this sounds like a setup.... dork disc? OK, Google it - nope. Dork disc is still there, and I don't think it can make a difference to cassette alignment anyway Sent from my SM-T531 using Tapatalk
Wannabe Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 Lol this sounds like a setup.... dork disc? OK, Google it - nope. Dork disc is still there, and I don't think it can make a difference to cassette alignment anyway Sent from my SM-T531 using Tapatalk But it does, as the name suggest, make you look like a dork.... Luckily you can just take a side cutter to the "lock tabs" of the dork disc.
brucem76 Posted January 1, 2017 Author Posted January 1, 2017 But it does, as the name suggest, make you look like a dork.... Personally, I think getting your chain jammed in your spokes and spending thousands for no good reason makes you look like a dork ???? #threadderail Sent from my SM-T531 using Tapatalk
Halfdoesyn Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 Lol this sounds like a setup.... dork disc? OK, Google it - nope. Dork disc is still there, and I don't think it can make a difference to cassette alignment anyway Sent from my SM-T531 using TapatalkNo, it won't make any difference to cassette alignment as it only sits on the spokes. It is however, one of those things that make you look like, well, a dork. Like grease chainring inpressions on your calves or wearing a camelbak on a roadbike.
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