Titanium or steel freehub body for DT hubs?

[mattr]

Lol
Really fookin tight.
Or, in open workshop talk, 3 grunts.

[alcatraz]

Flipping

Most chain wips don't have good handles which don't provide enough leverage to undo a lockring that was installed RFT. I don't envy someone having to undo one. My hand hurts just thinking of previous experiences.

[mattr]

Nah, fookin. Always fookin.

Unless the workshop is open, and customers can see/hear............
I bought a decent chain whip (and cassette tool) as i'd prefer to fit the cassette properly, rather than restrict how well i build stuff as my tools are rubbish.
Also quite often get stuff thats been installed dry/soaked in salt water/abused/fitted by the hulk. So i need decent tools to crack it off.

[Harpoon]

Anyone tried the Decathlon tool as an alternative to a whip for getting cassettes RFT?

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/chain-whip- ... 09913.html

Online stock seems to be hit & miss though.

[bm0p700f]

Mattr is right fookin.

How do I manage to undo my lockrings without trouble? I'm not a gorrilla you know. I just have arms and get on with it.

Breaker arm + 1" socket + park tool sr11 +park tool FR5 works for me. For those hubs where the lockring tool does not sit far enough in or is loose, I have a 150mm M4 bolt with washers and nuts on to clamp the thing in place. It's coming off. Also, the freehubs threads are cleaned ( use a good steel lockring as a cutting die if needed to clean them up) and their lockring is in good order before I fit. Salt corrosion has never been a problem here for me. If the threads are blunted replace the freehubs as it won't hold any torque well. If you screwed it in by hand your good to go.

[ms6073]

Anyone tried the Decathlon tool as an alternative to a whip for getting cassettes RFT?

Feedback Sports Cassette Pliers
Pedros Vise Whip
Stein HyperHandle Cassette Holding Tool

[alcatraz]

Anyone tried the Decathlon tool as an alternative to a whip for getting cassettes RFT?

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/chain-whip- ... 09913.html

Online stock seems to be hit & miss though.

Getting them RFT is easy. You don't need the whip for that.

Taking it off is the hard part.

Also heating up the freehub/hub should help if it's stubborn.

/a

[Harpoon]

Getting them RFT is easy. You don't need the whip for that.

Taking it off is the hard part.

Also heating up the freehub/hub should help if it's stubborn.

/a

I have taken cassettes off previously, honest!

[ms6073]

I have taken cassettes off previously, honest!

Anyone can remove a cassette, the key is to ensure they are still serviceable afterwards!

[ergott]

Lockrings have a torque spec and yes, they are rarely tight enough with I service someone else's wheel.

[Multebear]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017E ... URIFRO399Y

DT Swiss steel cassette body - fits 180, 240 and 350 hubs.

Best news I’ve seen for a long time. This is exactly what I’ve been looking for. But are they available in EU as well?? The price is a bit steep when considering taxes and import duties at approx. 35 % on top....

[bm0p700f]

35% import duties. where are you VAT is ~20% and import duties are 5%.

[MayhemSWE]

But are they available in EU as well??

Bike-Components have a freehub body which is claimed to be for Shimano Road 11 and made of steel but hard to verify whether it is the same since no item number is listed on Amazon. I sent a question to DT Swiss support inquiring about differences between the various available freehub bodies last week but haven't received any response yet…

https://www.bike-components.de/en/DT-Sw ... em-p54345/

[mattr]

Searching on the part number at the bottom of that page gives you a good amount of compatibility data.

HWRABX00S6531S

[Flapmeat]

What does the F in RFT stand for?

(I speak english and Battlestar Galactica.)

Really effin tight.