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  1. Original post
    Steve Wingate
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    Does anyone have instructions online for removing an 8-speed Shimano
    Ultegra cassette? I have the lockring tool and chainwhips. It's just been
    about 5 years since I've tried to use them so I forgot. TIA

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  2. Neil Brooks
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    Steve Wingate said:

    Does anyone have instructions online for removing an 8-speed Shimano
    Ultegra cassette? I have the lockring tool and chainwhips. It's just been
    about 5 years since I've tried to use them so I forgot. TIA

    http://www.parktool.com/repair_help/FAQcogs.shtml

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  3. Bill Sornson
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    Steve Wingate said:

    Does anyone have instructions online for removing an 8-speed Shimano
    Ultegra cassette? I have the lockring tool and chainwhips. It's just
    been about 5 years since I've tried to use them so I forgot. TIA

    You also need a wrench. Use the chainwhip (singular) to hold the cassette
    in place, and the wrench and lockring tool to loosen the lockring.

    Keep some Band-aids nearby for the inevitable bashing of the knuckles into
    the spokes.

    HTH, BS

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  4. JeffWills
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    Bill Sornson said:
    Steve Wingate said:

    Does anyone have instructions online for removing an 8-speed


    Shimano

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Ultegra cassette? I have the lockring tool and chainwhips. It's


    just

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    been about 5 years since I've tried to use them so I forgot. TIA

    You also need a wrench. Use the chainwhip (singular) to hold the


    cassette

    Quoted message said:

    in place, and the wrench and lockring tool to loosen the lockring.

    Keep some Band-aids nearby for the inevitable bashing of the knuckles


    into

    Quoted message said:

    the spokes.

    HTH, BS

    The lockring shouldn't be on that tight. Use the QR skewer to keep the
    tool in place while loosening the lockring.

    You can dispense with the chainwhip by jamming a screwdriver through
    the spokes into the holes in the back of the cassette. It sounds nasty,
    but so far my wheels are none the worse for wear.

    Jeff

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  5. A Muzi
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    Steve Wingate said:

    Does anyone have instructions online for removing an 8-speed Shimano
    Ultegra cassette? I have the lockring tool and chainwhips. It's just been
    about 5 years since I've tried to use them so I forgot. TIA


    Hold the low gear by putting your chain tool on it oriented
    like the drive chain. Unscrew the lockring with your
    splined tool and a wrench, anticlockwise.

    The lockring shouldn't be overly tight - there's a torque
    rating stamped on it usually, 400k/cm - so unless someone
    leaned on it, they spin off easily. Grease the thread of
    the new one.

    --
    Andrew Muzi
    www.yellowjersey.org
    Open every day since 1 April, 1971

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  6. Derek Hodges
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    Bill Sornson said:

    Steve Wingate wrote:

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    Keep some Band-aids nearby for the inevitable bashing of the knuckles into
    the spokes.

    Quoted message said:


    One word: gloves.

    Derek Hodges
    Toronto

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  7. Derek Hodges
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    Bill Sornson said:

    Steve Wingate wrote:

    Quoted message said:


    Keep some Band-aids nearby for the inevitable bashing of the knuckles into
    the spokes.

    Quoted message said:


    One word: gloves.

    Derek Hodges
    Toronto

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  8. Neil Brooks
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    #8
    Derek Hodges said:
    Bill Sornson said:

    Steve Wingate wrote:

    Quoted message said:


    Keep some Band-aids nearby for the inevitable bashing of the knuckles into
    the spokes.

    Quoted message said:


    One word: gloves.

    Derek Hodges
    Toronto

    Technically, two words after the second posting . . . ;-)

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  9. Bill Sornson
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    #9
    Neil Brooks said:
    Derek Hodges said:
    Bill Sornson said:

    Steve Wingate wrote:

    Quoted message said:


    Keep some Band-aids nearby for the inevitable bashing of the
    knuckles into the spokes.

    Quoted message said:


    One word: gloves.

    Derek Hodges
    Toronto

    Technically, two words after the second posting . . . ;-)

    Just got it via e-mail, too!

    THANKS DEREK -- I'll try using gloves!!!

    :-D

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  10. RonSonic
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    #10
    JeffWills said:


    Bill Sornson said:
    Steve Wingate said:

    Does anyone have instructions online for removing an 8-speed


    Shimano

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Ultegra cassette? I have the lockring tool and chainwhips. It's


    just

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    been about 5 years since I've tried to use them so I forgot. TIA

    You also need a wrench. Use the chainwhip (singular) to hold the


    cassette

    Quoted message said:

    in place, and the wrench and lockring tool to loosen the lockring.

    Keep some Band-aids nearby for the inevitable bashing of the knuckles


    into

    Quoted message said:

    the spokes.

    HTH, BS

    The lockring shouldn't be on that tight. Use the QR skewer to keep the
    tool in place while loosening the lockring.

    You can dispense with the chainwhip by jamming a screwdriver through
    the spokes into the holes in the back of the cassette. It sounds nasty,
    but so far my wheels are none the worse for wear.

    I've got an old chain nailed to a board. Roll the wheel on, wrap the chain and
    use the leverage of the wheel.

    Ron

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