Cassette on new PT wheel
New power tap wheel is supposed to arrive on Monday. Wanting to confirm what is probably pretty obvious but here it goes.
From watching a few youtube videos on installing a cassette, I don't think I have the right tools to put a cassette on the new wheel so I will be taking it to a LBS.
is there anything special I need to tell them as to not mess up anything on the new wheel?
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However, I'd pick up the tools to do it yourself and have them show you. You'll need a casette 'nut', a chain whip tool, and a wrench for the 'nut'. It's pretty easy to do it, just like everything else - practice!
You will find new freedom in getting the tools and learning how to do this task yourself. It's not that bad!
Soooo easy. Taking a wheel to an LBS to have the cassette changed is like taking a bolt + nut to the hardware store to have them take off the nut. You'll kick yourself when you see what's involved (about zero)
Yep...very easy, but I'll give you one tip on something I've hosed in the past. On the back of shimano cassettes is a small ring...goes on first before the largest cog. I transferred cassettes once and left that piece somewhere. That absence of that small ring added a little bit of play to the cassette and impacted shifting. I took it into the LBS and felt like a total noob when they showed me what I had missed.
That said, Paul is spot on... you do NOT want to lose that spacer! it is easy to overlook, if you don't have an eye out, looking for it. It is quite thin and can easily blend in with the hub body.
Do not let this frighten you off - installing, removing and exchanging cassettes is VERY easy! As a note, the cassette has splines inside the cogs - there is one spline that is wider than the others. The wide spline needs to go on the wider space of the cassette body - similar to a puzzle. You cannot install the cassette unless the inner splines are lined up with the appropriate spaces on the cogs. Sounds far more complicated than it really is. Have your LBS show you once and you should be good to go!
~$20 all in and it comes with the nut.
It is very easy. I've changed cassettes 30+ times in the past yr moving them from my training to racing wheels and back and to put on a disk cover, etc.
x4 on paying attention to the little spacer washer/ring (it is tiny) don't forget it.
I always use this as an opportunity to clean my cassette. Wiping each chainring with an old rag will remove all the gunk before you put it on the other wheel. Will add a total of 1 minute to the process.
If you're gonna keep the cassette off for any length of time longer than a half hour or so, simply put a long zip tie through all of the pieces (including the small washer thing) and you won't lose any of the spacers or chain rings.
Be sure you tighten it enough when putting the cassette back on, I've been guilty of riding with a loose cassette on my first try.
You can search on youtube - probably 100+ videos to show you how.
You get to use one of the coolest non-power tools of all time - the chain whip
and yes, don't lose that spacer.
Tools were purchased and New cassette is put on my new PT Wheel. i did this with minimal issues and only minimal cursing. I am a little embarassed by how long it took me to figure out which way I needed to wrap the chain whip tool, "lefty loosey"and which way to turn the wrench...I was also amazed at how the entire cassette is just stacked together and not even close to one piece. The other thing I learned is How BAD I am at putting my rear wheel back on my bike. I have got to get better at that.
All in all, I am glad I asked this question and appreciate the responses I got.
Scott - Here is what I have: http://www.amazon.com/Pedros-Freehu...mp;sr=1-16
It is pretty much exactly what you described.