How To - Remove, Clean & Install a Rear Bicycle Cassette ( Shimano or SRAM )

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1. I'd love to know which low life legends mark this down.
2. brake cleaner works wonders too.
3. You say the lock ring doesnt have to be too tight.....ummmm wrong most torque specs for the majority of brands are around the 50nm range. Thats a good amount of torque! (for comparison stem bolts are usually around 7-11nm).
   
   Please leave the how to videos to people who know what they're talking about. To anyone reading this, that is new to bike maintenance id recommend checking out 'RJ the bike guy' or 'GCN'.
4. just use degreaser and hot water and a good sponge/brush you dont need to remove the cassette. BTW 3000 miles aint alot mate.
5. This advice is toxic, expensive and takes too much time! All beginners start out like this. A veteran will just scrub the hell out of the cassette in hot water with the strongest washing up liquid they can get hold off. Towel dry and shake off the excess. Takes about five minutes on even the grimiest mtb cassettes and costs nothing. The method shown is is an aboslute master class in what people who cycle everyday routinely avoid doing. For the chain you shouldn't need to do this ever. You just need to run a rag over it for a few minutes after each ride till it shines and is nice and dry. Then apply a small amount of lube just to get inside the rollers and wipe off the excess. This is the cheapest and fastest way to minimal maintenance without paying for your own personal mechanic. Trust me on this. I cycle everyday.
6. what water
7. How do you Dispose of the diesel/petrol when you are done?
8. Is lemon juice good as a degreaser?
9. Thank you. Very nice video. After cleaning with petrol (gasoline) do you dry the gears then wash them off with water to remove the petrol and dry again. Or can you just dry off the petrol?
10. what is the name of the tool on 1:54 ? i want to buy it online.
    Is there another way to open without using /buying this tool?
    Thanks
11. First, the video did not cover how the cogs are really cleaned. I strongly suspect that the cogs did not get that clean by simply agitating them in the gas/petrol. If you're going to get them really clean, you've got to get a brush and actually scrub the more caked-on deposits. For this, it's really advisable to wear protective gloves because handling petrol or diesel is really pretty nasty. The most important thing, though, is that this procedure is really unnecessary. A far better and safer procedure is to use WD-40 or the like to break up the dirt and use a toothbrush and paper towels to get the cogs clean. I would also use gloves for this as well. Of course all this is unnecessary in most cases if you use a hot-dip procedure for lubricating the chain because with a paraffin/wax and motor oil combination (3:1 to start), your chain and cogs won't pick up road dirt in the first place leading to better shifting and far less wear. Finally, it is never necessary to spray lubricant on the cogs as it does not improve shifting and the chain will deposit lubricant on the cogs as you ride. Spraying lubricant on the cogs just means they'll get dirty quicker.
12. I love the fact you use diesel as a degreaser!
13. Why do you need to put gt85 on?
14. Great vid. Love your socks too!!
15. Thanks Matt. a really useful film. I will now get myself a cassette removal tool and sort my gears out.
16. What do you do with the petrol afterwards?
17. I reccomend using DIESEL for fire safety reasons. Diesel has a much higher evaporation and ignition temperature than petrol so you're chances of starting a big fire are extraordinary low ( actually if you move fast enaugh you can extinguish a burning match in diesel because of that- DONT TRY  JUST TRUST ME .. YOU CAN). Also, you can put your hands in diesel without any gloves and it won't attack your hands to thoroughly clean anything. ( but use a moisturising handcreme though because it will clean the natural oils off your hands).   I use diesel at work to clean far worse dirt than that (imagine 5 mm thick gunk), and sometimes it does a better job than gunk cleaning products.
18. use diesel !  diesel is perfectly fine
     but dont use petrol
19. Or, you could just hose any grit off. Then put the bike in the garage.
    
    Your problems are REAL, of course. But I am far less concerned that my gears sparkle than I am about what I am going to do with waste gasoline.