anyone know how to remove the cassette?
suntour cassette
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There's a great article on cassette removal on the park Tools website:
http://www.parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=48
http://www.parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=48
1. Get a brush and remove crusted on nasties.
2. Remove spacer and/or locknut (closest thing to you in the first pic). May be skipped if remover fits with spacer and locknut attached.
3. Insert Suntor freewheel remover into side of freewheel. The remover looks like a big hollow nut with two pieces sticking out of it that mesh into two slots on freewheel (2 and 8 o'clock in the first pic). Here's a pic (2nd one down) http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/tools/freewheel.html.
3b. If you don't have said freewheel remover, find a friend with one (friend may be useful come step 7b), beg and plead with local shop to use theirs (only works if you know shop owner like you know your self), give shop $5/brew/funny story about how you tried to use a screwdriver and hammer in exchange for freewheel removal.
4. Throw on an axel nut to keep the puller from skipping out of the slots and stripping the freewheel.
5. Flip the wheel over and secure puller in a bench vise.
5b. Substitute a big wrench, and use a chain whip.
6. Grab hold of the rim, and twist the freehub off. This may be a pain, as the threads are probably oxidized, and constantly being tightened by pedaling. You'll feel like you're deforming the wheel. You are. Keep the force along the plane of the rim and you should be fine, unless the wheel's super weak.
6b. Pull the adjustable to loosen the freewheel, and push the chain whip to counter (or push and pull).
7. Remove the whole assembly from the vice. Remove tools, clean the freewheel some more, clean hub, dance, eat, drink, be merry.
7b. Find an unsuspecting friend or neighborhood runt to help. Give them the chain whip side. That way when it come whipping off, they get rocked and not you.
8. Drive unsespecting friend or neighboor's devil child to ER for that broken, and deeply lacerated hand they keep complaining about.
9. Hit up shop to remove freewheel for $5/brew/good story about ruining childhood or friendship.
I was going to reference you to the great Montreal based reference for bike maintenance for a clearer explanation with shinny pictures, but the site isn't working for me. So I'll just give you the home page instead.
http://www.howtofixbikes.ca/
EDIT: The Park Tool link is much better than my explaination.
2. Remove spacer and/or locknut (closest thing to you in the first pic). May be skipped if remover fits with spacer and locknut attached.
3. Insert Suntor freewheel remover into side of freewheel. The remover looks like a big hollow nut with two pieces sticking out of it that mesh into two slots on freewheel (2 and 8 o'clock in the first pic). Here's a pic (2nd one down) http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/tools/freewheel.html.
3b. If you don't have said freewheel remover, find a friend with one (friend may be useful come step 7b), beg and plead with local shop to use theirs (only works if you know shop owner like you know your self), give shop $5/brew/funny story about how you tried to use a screwdriver and hammer in exchange for freewheel removal.
4. Throw on an axel nut to keep the puller from skipping out of the slots and stripping the freewheel.
5. Flip the wheel over and secure puller in a bench vise.
5b. Substitute a big wrench, and use a chain whip.
6. Grab hold of the rim, and twist the freehub off. This may be a pain, as the threads are probably oxidized, and constantly being tightened by pedaling. You'll feel like you're deforming the wheel. You are. Keep the force along the plane of the rim and you should be fine, unless the wheel's super weak.
6b. Pull the adjustable to loosen the freewheel, and push the chain whip to counter (or push and pull).
7. Remove the whole assembly from the vice. Remove tools, clean the freewheel some more, clean hub, dance, eat, drink, be merry.
7b. Find an unsuspecting friend or neighborhood runt to help. Give them the chain whip side. That way when it come whipping off, they get rocked and not you.
8. Drive unsespecting friend or neighboor's devil child to ER for that broken, and deeply lacerated hand they keep complaining about.
9. Hit up shop to remove freewheel for $5/brew/good story about ruining childhood or friendship.
I was going to reference you to the great Montreal based reference for bike maintenance for a clearer explanation with shinny pictures, but the site isn't working for me. So I'll just give you the home page instead.
http://www.howtofixbikes.ca/
EDIT: The Park Tool link is much better than my explaination.
that ain't a cassette.....
when you call the shop to see when they can do it or if they have a tool you can buy, make sure you ask about FREEWHEEL removal. that is not a cassette. this seems to cause an inordinate amount of confusion these days
when you call the shop to see when they can do it or if they have a tool you can buy, make sure you ask about FREEWHEEL removal. that is not a cassette. this seems to cause an inordinate amount of confusion these days
