Cassette removal

cdat said:

I need to remove a cassette to replace broken spokes, I have a free wheel remover but I can't get the axle out and the tool can't get far enough in to get the free wheel off. There is a nut on that side of the axle that will not come off and the axle can't come out. Any suggestions?
Thank You

The obvious answer is that if the nut prevents the tool from going on far enough, it needs to be removed.That may require cone wrenches.

boudreaux said:

The obvious answer is that if the nut prevents the tool from going on far enough, it needs to be removed.That may require cone wrenches.

I suggest you go to the Park Tool site and look up cassette removal and the tolls used for your brand of cassette. The instructions are very helpful. Most of the time, when it comes down to buying expensive tools for a job I would rarely do myself I decide to spend the money at a bike shop. Others who tinker more and who have the place and wherewithal to buy the tools, online there are a number of different sites, Sheldon Brown for example, that can help with instructions on how to do anything to fix bits on a bike.

Insight Driver said:

I suggest you go to the Park Tool site and look up cassette removal and the tolls used for your brand of cassette. The instructions are very helpful. Most of the time, when it comes down to buying expensive tools for a job I would rarely do myself I decide to spend the money at a bike shop. Others who tinker more and who have the place and wherewithal to buy the tools, online there are a number of different sites, Sheldon Brown for example, that can help with instructions on how to do anything to fix bits on a bike.

Good chance the poster doesn't know the difference between a cassette and freewheel.