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- From: jdu@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (john.d.unruh)
- Subject: Re: Help! Freewheel wear!
- Organization: AT&T
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 15:03:41 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.150341.21659@cbnewsd.cb.att.com>
- References: <1992Dec17.171803.26067@icaen.uiowa.edu> <truesdel-171292190156@mac_dungeon.ics.uci.edu>
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- In article <truesdel-171292190156@mac_dungeon.ics.uci.edu> truesdel@ics.uci.edu (Scott Truesdell) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec17.171803.26067@icaen.uiowa.edu>,
- >sbtaves@icaen.uiowa.edu (Steven Bradley Taves) wrote:
-
- >> Now I have chain slippage when I get on it
- >> (pedal hard). I was told that it was the rear sprockets wearing with my
- >> old chain that now makes them incompatible with my new chain. And I was told
- >> that I would need to replace the chainwheel and, freewheel, which would run me
- >> over $100.
-
- >the side. Here is an attempt at ASCII graphics:
- > ___ ___ ___ __ __ __
- > / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \
- > | | | | | | | \ | \ | \
- > / \___/ \___/ \__ _/ \___/ \___/ \__
- >
- > G O O D W O R N
- >
- >And it can be worse. The trailing edge can be peened over making the teeth
- >look 'hooked'.
- >
-
- I have to differ slightly here. THis is true for older freewheels and
- cassettes. With the new Hyperglide cassettes, there are all kinds of
- shapes on the cog teeth. Some look worn when new. Others look broken
- off. I must say, however, that they have lasted pretty well for me.
- Shimano either has a lot of engineering in the HG cog teeth or they used
- a random number generator to determine the shapes.
- >small ring. They cost about $20 and $15 each. The hard part about changing
- >these is that you have to pull the cranks off the bottom bracket spindle.
- >The tool costs about $15 but a friendly shop MIGHT pull them for you if you
- >bought the parts from them.
-
- If you take the chain off to the inside first, it is possible to remove
- and replace the rings without removing the crank, saving the cost of the
- crank puller. It is much more difficult and not the recommended way to
- do the job, but it can be done, at least if you have thin fingers.
-
- I have seen cases with inexpensive Shimano road parts where changing from
- a worn HG chain to a new Sedis chain required a readjustment of the rear
- derailleur cable tension at the adjusting barrel to make the chain drop
- into the gears correctly. The cogs were OK, and everything was fine
- after we did some adjustments.
-
- John Unruh
-