That’s what they do, especially the older ones.
If it ain’t skipping it’s nothing to worry about
cnourse1187 on
That’s a freewheel not a cassette
kiddredd on
Old bikes with freewheels do this. I wouldn’t worry about it, unless shifting is really poor.
rtwebb on
That’s a freewheel. Very common wobble and is normal
Daedaluu5 on
Freewheels tend to do this.
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detmer87 on
All these lower quality ones do this.
Since I have a 1500 Watt ebike I can tell you that they all wobble to some degree when broken in…
RenaissancemanTX on
Normal for free wheels.
Lightweight_Hooligan on
Normal for free wheels, the axis of the freewheels threads are not exactly aligned with the axle, mainly because freewheel hubs are on the budget end of the spectrum and built with high tolerances. Freewheel drive trains are usually 7 speeds at most, so will still shift fine with a little wobble
If DT Swiss make a freewheel hub, it would not wobble, but it would be $300, not $10
Smurry2015 on
Mine was just doing this! And now it’s in the shop it’s now come completely loose. I’m waiting on the shops response probably tomorrow now about what’s up but I’ve just replaced the freehub and cassette I might be looking at a new wheel as the freehub replacement part was only £10 from china and the only place it was available online!
drphrednuke on
The freewheel dance
Awkward-Toe8530 on
I even got that on my caad8 10sp cassette noticed on trainer, but no issues even after 10000kms
DrachenDad on
As you’ll see the wobble is in the same place in relation to the wheel. As you probably know the free wheel/sprocket has a ratchet. The wobble is the ratchet permanently attached to the fixed portion of the free wheel (Inner body) moving around in the outer body.
Nervous-Rush-4465 on
Unless the rim moves from side to side, that movement is natural to basic freewheels. They are fairly crude and “float” around their axis. If the axle is broken, then the rim could flex from side to side.
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Totally normal, you can watch my favourite boring YouTube video about it here: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI6JxL-zjXc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI6JxL-zjXc)
That’s what they do, especially the older ones.
If it ain’t skipping it’s nothing to worry about
That’s a freewheel not a cassette
Old bikes with freewheels do this. I wouldn’t worry about it, unless shifting is really poor.
That’s a freewheel. Very common wobble and is normal
Freewheels tend to do this.
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All these lower quality ones do this.
Since I have a 1500 Watt ebike I can tell you that they all wobble to some degree when broken in…
Normal for free wheels.
Normal for free wheels, the axis of the freewheels threads are not exactly aligned with the axle, mainly because freewheel hubs are on the budget end of the spectrum and built with high tolerances. Freewheel drive trains are usually 7 speeds at most, so will still shift fine with a little wobble
If DT Swiss make a freewheel hub, it would not wobble, but it would be $300, not $10
Mine was just doing this! And now it’s in the shop it’s now come completely loose. I’m waiting on the shops response probably tomorrow now about what’s up but I’ve just replaced the freehub and cassette I might be looking at a new wheel as the freehub replacement part was only £10 from china and the only place it was available online!
The freewheel dance
I even got that on my caad8 10sp cassette noticed on trainer, but no issues even after 10000kms
As you’ll see the wobble is in the same place in relation to the wheel. As you probably know the free wheel/sprocket has a ratchet. The wobble is the ratchet permanently attached to the fixed portion of the free wheel (Inner body) moving around in the outer body.
Unless the rim moves from side to side, that movement is natural to basic freewheels. They are fairly crude and “float” around their axis. If the axle is broken, then the rim could flex from side to side.
Its a cheap freewheel, they all do that
Normal bro
New bike day.