Aksium Problem!!!!!! Help I wanna go for a ride!!

Biggins

Hello all
I am fitting the cassette onto my new Mavic Aksiums on my Allez. I have removed the cassette and have fitted it to the new rear wheel. I seem to have some play on the cassette and although I have tightened the lockring, it still seems to be there. Any ideas as to what I may have done wrong anybody?
I want to get it finished so I can have a quick whizz out this afternoon!!!!!

Thanks.

nicklouse

did you add the spacer that comes with the wheels?

portuguese mike

Sory if this a stupid question but have you used a proper lockring tool or just used your fingers? Lockrings are meant to be very tight - 50nm of torque which is quite a lot and impossible without the correct tool

Biggins

I dont seem to have had a spacer of any kind with the wheels!!!

I have used the proper tool to tighten the lockring too!

portuguese mike

can you get to your lbs? see if they can sort it

nicklouse

from the FAQ's

aracer wrote:

If I was going to be pedantic, I'd point out that a 10 speed cassette is actually wider than an 8 or 9 - it's simply that there's a recess in the back of it where it mounts to the freehub body which needs to be filled by a spacer! But of course I'm never pedantic...

Anyway, since this seems to be a bit of a FAQ, I'll have a go at a definitive and comprehensive answer:

With Shimano factory wheels, you never need a spacer to fit an 8-speed or 9-speed cassette. You'll need a thin spacer to fit a 7-speed cassette on any modern 8/9/10 speed hub, since the whole cassette is narrower. For most Shimano wheels you need a thin spacer to fit a 10-speed cassette (which should come with the cassette if bought separately) due to the recess. However the older DA 10-speed wheels and the Ultegra wheels are 10-speed only - they won't take anything other than a 10-speed cassette, and you won't need a spacer for this.

With Mavic wheels you need a Mavic spacer for any Shimano cassette (this is assuming an M10 freehub body, as the cassette won't fit at all on an ED10 Campag body). Additional spacers as above - ie none for 8/9, an extra spacer for 7, a different extra spacer for 10.

Any other wheel with a Shimano compatible freehub, including handbuilts (apart from handbuilts with DA 7800 hubs) as Shimano 8/9/10 wheels - ie no spacer for 8/9, a spacer for 7, a different spacer for 10. DA 7800 hubs are the same as older DA and Ultegra wheels - ie 10 speed only, and no spacer needed.

Biggins

Been and had another look, I have removed the cassette again and refitted and it definately feels like a spacer is required or something. I didnt get any spacers with the wheels,s houlds I have donw, I got the from PBK.

synchronicity

I have these wheels and also vaguely recall that you need a spacer that goes behind the cassette, yep.

andyrr

Think the spacer would have come with the cassette : looks like a thin washer quite like this (I know this is for a 89 speed but you get the idea)
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Shima ... 300001505/
Fits inside the inner-most slot on the rear face of the cassette.