Cannot take the cassette off. I've tried removal tools and it all just does not work. What am I doing wrong?
by spritefountain
Cannot take the cassette off. I've tried removal tools and it all just does not work. What am I doing wrong?
by spritefountain
4 Comments
That looks like a frewheel rather than a cassette.
Looks like an early generation uniglide type cassette. The cogs unscrew using 2 chain whips.
Why do you want to remove it ?
This looks like a Uniglide cassette, which is a long-obsolete Shimano design. The smallest cog is also the lockring and the cogs behind it sit on 9 splines, which you can kind of see in the photo. Remove it with 2 chain whips, using one whip to turn the lockring cog and another to hold the other cogs in place.
If you want to replace the cassette, [Sheldon has a guide on replacing the Uniglide freehub body with a new Hyperglide one](https://www.sheldonbrown.com/k7.html#transplant)
One look and I know that’s a uniglide cassette. Since you’ve removed the axel and cones might as well service it at the same time