Mountain Bike Rear Sprocket Removal

Sprockets mount on a splined cylinder on the rear hub called the freehub body.

Mountain bike rear sprocket removal.

Reinstall quick release skewer with skewer nut on outside of remover. Qkurt bike chain tool kits bicycle cassette removal tool auxiliary wrench cassette lockring tool with pin sprocket remover black 4 4 out of 5 stars 195 14 59 14. Inspect freewheel center and select correct removal tool see chart above. You may need to replace the entire cassette or just one or two of the worn sprockets.

Inspect cassette and select correct type of remover. Mount bike in repair stand and remove rear wheel from bike. Engage tool into splines notches. To change a rear cassette on your bike wheel start by removing the rear wheel from the bike.

Normal wear and tear on a bike will eventually require replacement of the sprockets. Tools needed will be listed after the preparation procedures are explained for reasons that will become apparent after reading paragraphs preceding the tool list. Engage remover into splines notches. If solid axle type use axle nut to hold frewheel tool.

If a standard cassette lockring remover doesn t fit your cassette ask a bike tech for one that will. After you have removed the rear wheel from your bike remove the quick release skewer from the wheel. The collection of sprockets is held in place with a lockring. Mount bike in repair stand and remove rear wheel from bike.

Install quick release skewer and install skewer nut on outside of remover. Over time as you ride your bike your chain wears down the teeth on the rear sprockets. It will only seat in one position. Modern shifting mechanisms like shimano s hyperglide and sram s powerglide chain and sprocket combination rely on correct alignment of shaped teeth and contoured shift gates in the sprocket.

The skewer acts as a holding device for freewheel removal tool. Freewheel sprocket mountain shimanofreewheel howtoremovecassette without chain whip howtoremovefreewheel without tool howtoremovesprocket from bicycle. Then insert the cassette lockring remover into your cassette and turn it until it seats. This post explains the tools needed and the proper procedure of removing rear sprockets of rear wheels that have them.