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How Worn is this GX Cassette?


MudLark

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5 minutes ago, Quagga said:

Hope you are not joking

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Nope not joking at all. I have no idea how to look at a cassette and see if it's toast. I just wait for a new chain to slip.

Are you referring to the "bulge" of aluminum on the top of the tooth? Is that the sign that it's time to replace it?

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17 minutes ago, Mountain Bru said:

Nope not joking at all. I have no idea how to look at a cassette and see if it's toast. I just wait for a new chain to slip.

Are you referring to the "bulge" of aluminum on the top of the tooth? Is that the sign that it's time to replace it?

Yes as the U has not opening up and that is where the chain slips off

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1 minute ago, Quagga said:

Yes as the U has not opening up and that is where the chain slips off

Ahaaaaaa...
I'm guessing thats why the chain sometimes "sticks" to the cassette and rotates with it after it should. I thought that was a chain tension problem. 

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If you can see that a cassette is worn, it's beyond knackered.

 

Put a new chain on it and ride it up a hill, running through all the gears. If it skips, bin it. If not, it's fine. Replace the chain before it hits 0.5% wear and it'll last forever.

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7 hours ago, MudLark said:

That is interesting. I did not know that Sunrace was a very good product. I have always been under the impression that it was a 'few tiers down'.

If the chain is good there is little wear on the cassette 

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12 hours ago, Alouette3 said:

What a worn cassette looks like! But it still shifts and runs smoothly, so I'll run it till it dies.

Have a brand new set of running gear in the cupboard for the moment this thing skips a beat.

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shot to heck and beyond ????

its only the dirt keeping that thing working. Don't clean it whatever you do do not clean it

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