You should be able to do this. Not necessarily a longer B screw but your old one put in from the back side. Search for reversed B screw and you will find some pics.
The shim you mention is a bottom bracket or freewheel spacer. I use a six speed cassette on an 8 sp hub and it takes the 4.5 mm spacer that adapts 7speed to 8 sp hubs plus a 2 mm bb spacer. Without that 2mm spacer the lockring does not snug down On Feb 9, 2012, at 12:31 PM, ccanter wrote: > Does anyone know of a source for them? My knees are begging me for > this. My frugal nature has me wondering why not just buy a cog and > convert the cassettes I already own. Additionally my herd runs 7 and > 9 > speed drive trains, so I'd like to do this for my 7 speed stuff too. > I have seven speed spacers, but I would also need an additional shim > to compensate for the thickness difference between the two cogs would > I not? > Anyone think of a reason I could not do this....Oh I'd also need a > longer B tension screw too wouldn't I. > Thanks in advance, > Clyde Canter > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
