Spoke Protector Removal

carl_p
carl_p Posts: 989
edited April 2009 in Workshop
My Giant SCR2 has a discrete (ish) spoke protector. I would like to remove this as it is now getting rather grubby. Do I need to remove the cassette to do this? Will I need a spacer in place of where the protector would have been? If not, would I need to adjust the High and Low limit screws on the mech as effectively the cogs would move nearer the spokes? Presumably the gears would need re-indexing?

Sorry for all the questions but slightly nervous of messing this up. Thanks.
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  • shmo
    shmo Posts: 321
    It's probably easiest to remove the cassette if you have the tools but if not it could be cut off with a pair of snips. Definitely don't need to reindex anything as it only comes into contact with the spokes and doesn't intefere with the gearing in any way shape or form.
  • NaB
    NaB Posts: 105
    As an 11 year old boy I managed to remove the spoke protector (pie plate) frm the back wheel of my mtb by using nothing more sophisticated than a pair of scissors. Ditch that pie plate its a crime against aesthetics....worse than black socks imo.
  • COVEC
    COVEC Posts: 213
    Black socks ROCK
  • Rockhopper
    Rockhopper Posts: 503
    Chop it out with a knife or scisors. Nothing will need adjusting afterwards.
  • ivancarlos
    ivancarlos Posts: 1,034
    COVEC wrote:
    Black socks ROCK

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