Its stuck!

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

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We tried everything. We have a cassette that is glued to the freehub. The usual chainwhip, wrench
and lockring remover procedure wouldn't make it budge. We put the lockring remover on a vise and
tried it that way, but it still wouldn't budge. We took it to Doug's shop. He tried every
procedure in the book to pry that sucker loose, he broke a chainwhip in the process and it sent
him flying painfully into the workbench. He was not impressed to say the least. The cassette was
still glued on.

So, now the wheel sits at home, the cassette is still stuck on it...it sarcastically grins at me
everytime I look at it. I want to grab it and smash it against the wall in anger, but that would
ruin a perfectly good wheel.

Time to pull out the good ole' hacksaw? Perhaps its time to put the dremel to usage now...

- CA-G

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

May be a stupid question, but have you tried a good penetrating oil? Not sure if it is available in
your area, but IMO PB Blaster works wonders.

~Travis
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travis57 at megalink dot net

travis5765.homelinux.net, Primary Administrator TF Custom Electronics, Owner/Founder/Developer
(current project: Automotive exhaust flame-thrower)

Technician said:

IMO PB Blaster works wonders.

Dam travise.. that has got to be the first intelligent thing you;ve said in a LONG time.

I HIGHLY endorse PB Blaster.. There is NO WAY I could maintain our fleet of late 80's Vovlo's
without it!

pbblaster.compbblaster.comOpen ↗

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~Travis

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

We tried everything. We have a cassette that is glued to the freehub. The usual chainwhip, wrench
and lockring remover procedure wouldn't make it budge. We put the lockring remover on a vise and
tried it that way, but it still wouldn't budge. We took it to Doug's shop. He tried every
procedure in the book to pry that sucker loose, he broke a chainwhip in the process and it sent
him flying painfully into the workbench. He was not impressed to say the least. The cassette was
still glued on.

So, now the wheel sits at home, the cassette is still stuck on it...it sarcastically grins at me
everytime I look at it. I want to grab it and smash it against the wall in anger, but that would
ruin a perfectly good wheel.

Time to pull out the good ole' hacksaw? Perhaps its time to put the dremel to usage now...

- CA-G

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

Let it soak in penetrating oil for a few hours and then blow tourch it for a minute or two. You will
burn the rubber seal if there is one and you will definitly have to repack the bearings but you will
probably be able to get the lock ring off.
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_________________________
Chris Phillipo - Cape Breton, Nova Scotia ramsays-online.comramsays-online.comOpen ↗

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

Technician said:

IMO PB Blaster works wonders.

Dam travise.. that has got to be the first intelligent thing you;ve said in a LONG time.

I HIGHLY endorse PB Blaster.. There is NO WAY I could maintain our fleet of late 80's Vovlo's
without it!

pbblaster.compbblaster.comOpen ↗

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~Travis

And they even have a website? huh, guess you find new information every day (but them, what company
doesn't have a website).

~Travis
--
travis57 at megalink dot net

travis5765.homelinux.net, Primary Administrator TF Custom Electronics, Owner/Founder/Developer
(current project: Automotive exhaust flame-thrower)

Have you tried a hyper craker? It breaks free the outer lockring on inner threaded HyperGlide
cassette hubs. With the rear wheel removed, it slides into the twelve sided lockring star, then the
rear wheel is re-installed. Pressure on the cranks revolves the wheel, until a vinyl lever contacts
the seatstay, at which point added pressure backs off the lockring.

I got mine back in the v/early 90's, so I don't know if they are still sold.

Here's a url for a page with a picture of one about 2/3 of the way down >>

bikepro.comfw cas tools.htmlOpen ↗

Here's the review on MTBReview >>

mtbreview.comproduct 23435.shtmlOpen ↗

Russ

"Chris Phillipo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

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We tried everything. We have a cassette that is glued to the freehub.

The

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

usual chainwhip, wrench and lockring remover procedure wouldn't make it budge. We put the
lockring remover on a vise and tried it that way, but

it

Quoted message said:

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still wouldn't budge. We took it to Doug's shop. He tried every

procedure in

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the book to pry that sucker loose, he broke a chainwhip in the process

and

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it sent him flying painfully into the workbench. He was not impressed to

say

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the least. The cassette was still glued on.

So, now the wheel sits at home, the cassette is still stuck on it...it sarcastically grins at me
everytime I look at it. I want to grab it and smash it against the wall in anger, but that would
ruin a perfectly good wheel.

Time to pull out the good ole' hacksaw? Perhaps its time to put the

dremel

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

to usage now...

- CA-G

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

Let it soak in penetrating oil for a few hours and then blow tourch it for a minute or two. You
will burn the rubber seal if there is one and you will definitly have to repack the bearings but
you will probably be able to get the lock ring off.
--
_________________________
Chris Phillipo - Cape Breton, Nova Scotia ramsays-online.comramsays-online.comOpen ↗

"Russell Baker" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Have you tried a hyper craker? It breaks free the outer lockring on inner threaded HyperGlide
cassette hubs. With the rear wheel removed, it slides into the twelve sided lockring star, then
the rear wheel is re-installed. Pressure on the cranks revolves the wheel, until a vinyl lever
contacts

the

Quoted message said:

seatstay, at which point added pressure backs off the lockring.

We have a hypercracker. It didn't work either and we actually wound up bending it in the process :-(

- CA-G

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

Perhaps along with the penetrating oil (Cyclo Break Away)- add a 6 pack of beer and a BFH ( You know
that hammer thingee) - soak the cassette as you drink the beer - and tap ever so lightly with the
BFH - as the evening progresses and the beer is gone - go sleep off the buzz and then try to remove
the seized part in the morning - often times the added light vibration will do more than brute force

"Carla A-G" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

We tried everything. We have a cassette that is glued to the freehub. The usual chainwhip, wrench
and lockring remover procedure wouldn't make it budge. We put the lockring remover on a vise and
tried it that way, but it still wouldn't budge. We took it to Doug's shop. He tried every
procedure

in

Quoted message said:

the book to pry that sucker loose, he broke a chainwhip in the process and it sent him flying
painfully into the workbench. He was not impressed to

say

Quoted message said:

the least. The cassette was still glued on.

So, now the wheel sits at home, the cassette is still stuck on it...it sarcastically grins at me
everytime I look at it. I want to grab it and smash it against the wall in anger, but that would
ruin a perfectly good wheel.

Time to pull out the good ole' hacksaw? Perhaps its time to put the

dremel

Quoted message said:

to usage now...

- CA-G

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

Wayne Cattanach said:

Perhaps along with the penetrating oil (Cyclo Break Away)- add a 6 pack of beer and a BFH (
You know that hammer thingee) - soak the cassette as you drink the beer - and tap ever so
lightly with the BFH - as the evening progresses and the beer is gone - go sleep off the buzz
and then try to remove the seized part in the morning - often times the added light vibration
will do more than brute force

a dead-blow (lead shot filled) mallet is quite effective to this end.

In article <[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] says...

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Did you try a 14 inch adjustable wrench and a sledge hammer. If that and the 2 of
you together didn't work its cut off tool time. You can get a new locking nut.

MTB Ride hard die free.

the way, though slightly different, that i have seen my LBS do it is to do like above, but rather
than using a hammer, they stomp on the wrench.

Though if it is as tight as you have stated, i think it just may be cut off time.

~Travis
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travis57 at megalink dot net

travis5765.homelinux.net, Primary Administrator TF Custom Electronics, Owner/Founder/Developer
(current project: Automotive exhaust flame-thrower)

Fred Hinkson said:

Did you try a 14 inch adjustable wrench and a sledge hammer. If that and the 2 of
you together didn't work its cut off tool time. You can get a new locking nut.

Send it to me, I'll get it off!

Carla A-G at [email hidden] wrote on 5/2/03 8:33 AM:

Quoted message said:

We tried everything. We have a cassette that is glued to the freehub. The usual chainwhip, wrench
and lockring remover procedure wouldn't make it budge. We put the lockring remover on a vise and
tried it that way, but it still wouldn't budge. We took it to Doug's shop. He tried every
procedure in the book to pry that sucker loose, he broke a chainwhip in the process and it sent
him flying painfully into the workbench. He was not impressed to say the least. The cassette was
still glued on.

So, now the wheel sits at home, the cassette is still stuck on it...it sarcastically grins at me
everytime I look at it. I want to grab it and smash it against the wall in anger, but that would
ruin a perfectly good wheel.

Time to pull out the good ole' hacksaw? Perhaps its time to put the dremel to usage now...

Find a friend with a walk-in freezer, or someone who has some room in their cooler.

Put the rim into the freezer & wait 24 hrs.

Put on some gloves or you'll stick when you take it out....

You can either let it warm up naturally or apply _light_ heat with a torch to the cassette.

Couple of taps to the face of it might not hurt.

I recommend a cheater bar (pipe to end of chainwhip) rather than a hammer to the chainwhip. Steady
increase of pressure.

Good luck!

-- Jim