Hello BikeWrench, I'm quite new to biking, and wanted to fix up my father's old bike to start. I centered (not perfect!) the wheels with a spoke wrench, but I noticed that the gear cassette keeps wobbling when the wheel spins. Any idea what could be the reason? Should I replace the cassette?
by Mrozzzu
3 Comments
This is normal. As long as the hub itself isn’t wobbly (the center of the wheel where the ball bearings spin around the axel), you should be fine.
Perfectly normal. You could spend an absolute fortune on the most expensive gear systems out there and they would still have some movement, if things were locked down so tight that movement was eliminated there would be no movement at all of any form
You have a mildly bent axle, just ride it duder – she’ll be fine 🙂