Rear Sprocket removal

davidf140270
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Rear Sprocket removal

Postby davidf140270 » Sun Oct 21, 2012 7:20 pm

Can't do it :evil: . I have a chain whip, correct removal tool and a big mutha of a spanner. I'm going anti clockwise with the spanner & clockwise with the chain whip.

Any suggestions welcome.

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Re: Rear Sprocket removal

Postby jasonc » Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:55 am

is it spinning or just not budging?

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Re: Rear Sprocket removal

Postby bychosis » Mon Oct 22, 2012 9:28 am

I think it was Sheldon brown that suggested put the tool in a vice and use the wheel to undo it rather than a spanner.
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Re: Rear Sprocket removal

Postby jasonc » Mon Oct 22, 2012 9:52 am

I like sheldon's idea. But I've got this set:

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works really well (use it all the time)

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Re: Rear Sprocket removal

Postby davidf140270 » Mon Oct 22, 2012 5:20 pm

It's not spinning, or budging for that matter. The wheel and all it's components don't seem rusty at all so it's got me beat at the moment. I have a vice a work so I may try that.

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Re: Rear Sprocket removal

Postby Releng » Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:41 pm

I bought a second hand wheel and could not get the sprocket off it. I tried my chain whip, and a vice, it still would not budge.
Then I bought one of these:
http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab28 ... iptool.jpg

Pedros make it, was designed by Leonard Zinn. An example of true genius, what an amazing world we live in.

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Re: Rear Sprocket removal

Postby jasonc » Mon Oct 22, 2012 9:03 pm

Releng wrote:I bought a second hand wheel and could not get the sprocket off it. I tried my chain whip, and a vice, it still would not budge.
Then I bought one of these:
http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab28 ... iptool.jpg

Pedros make it, was designed by Leonard Zinn. An example of true genius, what an amazing world we live in.
so i gather it locks into the smaller sprockets? awesome

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Re: Rear Sprocket removal

Postby davidf140270 » Tue Oct 23, 2012 5:28 pm

Releng wrote:I bought a second hand wheel and could not get the sprocket off it. I tried my chain whip, and a vice, it still would not budge.
Then I bought one of these:
http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab28 ... iptool.jpg

Pedros make it, was designed by Leonard Zinn. An example of true genius, what an amazing world we live in.

That looks way cool. Is the point of it to apply as much force as possible and where did you get it from?

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Re: Rear Sprocket removal

Postby Releng » Tue Oct 23, 2012 6:31 pm

It locks onto the cassette so that you have a firm hold.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuuZYN6POPo
I bought mine from Wiggle.

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Re: Rear Sprocket removal

Postby davidf140270 » Tue Oct 23, 2012 8:01 pm

Releng wrote:It locks onto the cassette so that you have a firm hold.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuuZYN6POPo
I bought mine from Wiggle.
Thanks very much. :D

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Re: Rear Sprocket removal

Postby davidf140270 » Mon Nov 12, 2012 6:46 pm

bychosis wrote:I think it was Sheldon brown that suggested put the tool in a vice and use the wheel to undo it rather than a spanner.

Thats the way to go. Took wheel to work, tool in vice and 5 seconds later. Voila! :D

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Re: Rear Sprocket removal

Postby stanzarallyman » Tue Nov 13, 2012 10:36 am

I bought a second hand wheel and could not get the sprocket off it. I tried my chain whip, and a vice, it still would not budge.
Then I bought one of these:
http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab28 ... iptool.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Pedros make it, was designed by Leonard Zinn. An example of true genius, what an amazing world we live in.
My commuter had a cassette that I could not remove, not sure why as I use a torque wrench to tighten to correct setting. Tried and tried and bent the chain whip so it was useless.

I bought the Pedros tool but have found its not long enough. For a really tight lockring you cant get enough leverage on it. I ended up putting a steel bar on the end of it and off came the cassette.

Its good, but could be better with a longer lever arm.

Would I buy again? Well I was not going to get the cassette of any other way, but for the price it could be better.

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Re: Rear Sprocket removal

Postby slidetaker » Tue Nov 13, 2012 1:36 pm

I use standard 1/2" square drive rear cassette removal socket.

Hook it up to a 30cm standard car breaker bar for the hard one. Never fail.

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