Bicycle cassette moving around all over the place

[Pieter De Klerk]

Hello is the cassette ment to move about like this? noticed this after getting my bicycle serviced. Any advice would be appreciated thank you 

[cadenceblur]

21 minutes ago, Pieter De Klerk said:

Hello is the cassette ment to move about like this? noticed this after getting my bicycle serviced. Any advice would be appreciated thank you 

Definitively not, take it back to the shop. Lock ring not tightened and / or a spacer is missing . 

Edited July 15, 2025 by cadenceblur

[Guest Mike Dewing]

Yoooooh all I know is get it to a proper professional asap and don’t ride it.. 

[ChrisF]

7-speed cluster ?

 

Sadly see this all too often.

 

 

Really should not see it on a decent cassette.

Edited July 15, 2025 by ChrisF

[Pieter De Klerk]

@cadenceblur @Mike Dewing thank you guys. so my friend advised my that it was the shaft that was bent from jumping the bicycle between driveways. i took it out and the shaft was indeed bent. 

[Guest Mike Dewing]

1 minute ago, Pieter De Klerk said:

@cadenceblur @Mike Dewing thank you guys. so my friend advised my that it was the shaft that was bent from jumping the bicycle between driveways. i took it out and the shaft was indeed bent. 

That sounds about right☠️🤣

[Pieter De Klerk]

o i rode it once i got it back from it being serviced. but for some reason i wasnt feeling safe doing things i did before i had to get it serviced. mainly riding on the road down a hill going as fast as possible without intent of applying brakes going into a corner. but i didnt fall from doing stupid hit like that only down a hill once with wet roads applying brakes. and then one day i was  riding at speed over uneven paving which i usually mastered but not on that day. since then i never rode it again

Edited July 15, 2025 by Pieter De Klerk

[Pieter De Klerk]

lol @Mike Dewing it is so much fun!

[Pieter De Klerk]

@ChrisF yeah its a 7 speed

[Jimmy 2.0]

Cassette is fine. Wheel axel is bent this also explains the rotor touching the brake pads(sound in the background)

[MORNE]

4 hours ago, cadenceblur said:

Definitively not, take it back to the shop. Lock ring not tightened and / or a spacer is missing . 

This comment should be edited asap…it gives away either your age or your experience working on bicycles😁😅

neither of those things are present on a cluster…since this is not a cassette hehe. 
 

Also, @Pieter De Klerk, this looks excessive but ive never seen one of these cheap shimano ones without a slight wobble out the box.
They are like R150-200. I had the exact one on a vintage bike, although 6 speed and that one also had a slight wobble. That was on a roadie…which i doubt someone jumped between driveways lol. It worked fine for years.

Edited July 15, 2025 by MORNE