Cassette chewed into freehub

[jerzey111]

easton haven wheels, Shimano cassette. any tips how to prevent this.

 

[Karate Monkey]

Spend more on your cassettes. XX, XT, or XTR. They come on a large carrier that distributes the load better. Unfortunately, with the Shimano spline pattern on aluminum freehub bodies, them's the breaks. Knock the high ridges down with a file, so you can easily slide the new cassette on.

Shimano tried to do something about it 10 years ago, or so, but people bitched fiercely about all of their wheels being obsolete, so they canned it.

 

[jerzey111]

thanks, so no need for new freehub body? only cassette?

 

[Karate Monkey]

Yep. That's not even bad.

 

[gtluke]

Pretty normal. Don't worry about it much. But yeah with an aluminum freehub body you should be running a cassette with at least tht biggest half if the gears on a common spider.

 

[jerzey111]

thanks guys, i appreciate all the help.