This is a new cassette – CS HG-50 10 speed 11-36t. And I can clearly see that the teeth are wobbling around quite a lot. Is this normal, or should I claim it?
Thanks for help!
I bought a new 10 speed cassette. Is it normal that teeth on the smallest cogs wobble?
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by lakotamm
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All cassets wobble.
I can’t tell if that is wobbling or the ramping that helps move the chain up and down. With the chain right next to it I think it might be easier to notice the ramping. How does it look with the chain on a different cog?
Nope, not normal; does the smallest cog sit just proud of the spline? as in extend past it so that the lockring contacts just cog? Did you put on a spacer before the cassette?
I don’t see any wobbling, but I had mounted some of the small cogs wrong onto the hub which caused wobbling. Take the small cogs off and make sure they are mounted correctly, when installing the lockring keep pressure on the smallest cog cause it tends to possition itself onto a latch you don’t want to.
Is the lockring too big? Cassettes with a 11t cog uses a smaller one or maybe you forgot the spacer?
Looks like normal shifting ramps to me.
those are the “bevels and ramps” designed to assist in picking up and dropping down the chain under load.
Did you have a spacer before and did you keep it or replace it after?
Take it off and refit it, observing that it can only fit correctly one way!
There is sculpting of the teeth to enhance shifting performance.
a small amount of wobble is perfectly normal, as long as there is no freeplay.