Before you attempt cassette carrier (the body) replacement, try turning the cogs around and pedal on the other side of the teeth. The UG cogs are twist teeth and are symmetrical. You can't do this with the smallest cog but you can with all the others. Sheldon tells about this somewhere in his writings. On Jun 14, 2009, at 10:22 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> http://tinyurl.com/lrhk3q > Sounds like you may need to replace the body. Above is a link to > Sheldon Brown's article on Shimano cassettes and freehubs. Gets sort > of complicated with early D-A hubs. > > Bruce wrote:Let me say first off, yes, I bought these wheels on Ebay. > Anyway, they're Synergy rims laced up on some older D-A hubs. The rear > is a Uniglide and has a 7 speed cassette of unknown provenance > affixed. For the price paid, I really am not too upset, although the > seller (who works for a bike coop and should know better) got several > items wrong in his write up. When I emailed on the matter, he said, > "Oh, I never took them out of the box to look at them when I bought > them from the prior owner." >> >> After truing the front (the rear was good) I took the bike on a >> shakedown today and found that the 15 cog (the 2d smallest) has a >> habit of freewheeling when it is used and any appreciable pressure is >> put on the pedals. No problems on the 17 up to the 28, and only a >> slight catch detected on the 12 cog. It's kind of like a neck >> rotating when I go uphill on the 15. >> >> Any Uniglide users out there with ideas? Do I look for another >> cassette? >> >> TIA >> >> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
