I recently (2 months ago) changed my cassette. I am not missing any spacers (as far as I know) and didn’t have any serious issues when riding. Should I have this looked at or is it fine?
Slight cassette wobble, should I be worried?
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by Guzinero
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I have a Mavic wheel where a shimano cassette fits loose like that. I reckon Mavics freehubs are out of spec, a bit on the small side
Did you install this cassette new or took it off another hub? There’s usually a spacer for this. Do you have it installed or not? If you don’t have it installed, try with it. You will need to adjust gears afterwards, of course.
this looks like a 9 speed cassette? you should put in a spacer, that hub might be 11 speed. can’t tell from the video, but i would put in a spacer.
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It should worry, usually means it’s not installed properly. I’d take it off and replace, might need a spacer on the hub body if it’s still loose on refit
Yes, you need to fix that. My guess is it’s missing a spacer or otherwise hasn’t been tightened enough.
I’ve seen people put small sprocket on slightly misaligned before and it won’t tighten properly. At first glance it all looks good but then you get slop throughout the cassette.
I don’t know if Shimano are having quality control issues but I have returned two cassettes in the last year because they were not flat/straight enough and had some play.
That’s not a little play. Check if the freehub is wobbling or just the cassette.
Either you are missing a spacer or you didn’t tighten the lockring enough / it came loose.