Cassette Removal Hell ! Help

[HumpTdumpty]

Hi All - have lost the will to live here my Freehub has gone on my Fulcrum back wheel - tried all day to remove my shimano cassette with no joy ! Even broken my whip chain - appears

stuck fast - any ideas easing it what I’m doing wrong - tried it in the Vice , tried it with wrench tool adjustable spanner - I’m obviously doing something wrong - any help much appreciated before I go crazy

 

[ColinJ]

Ha ha - that sounds familiar... THIS was my solution!

 

[HumpTdumpty]

Thanks C - made me 😏

 

[ChrisEyles]

If you can fit the QR skewer to hold the removal tool in place, that can help a bit as you don't have to worry about it slipping out under force.

I use a socket wrench with a big spanner slipped over the end for extra leverage on stubborn nuts and bolts, could that do the trick here?

 

[Marchaugh]

You are turning the chain whip anticlockwise right?
Like already suggested get a bigger spanner so you have more leverage.
Try dousing the lock ring in WD40, may help loosen it up

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Which way are you turning the cassette removal tool shown in photo?

 

[HumpTdumpty]

Which way are you turning the cassette removal tool shown in photo?

Anti clockwise to the left

 

[HumpTdumpty]

You are turning the chain whip anticlockwise right?
Like already suggested get a bigger spanner so you have more leverage.
Try dousing the lock ring in WD40, may help loosen it up

Thanks

 

[HumpTdumpty]

If you can fit the QR skewer to hold the removal tool in place, that can help a bit as you don't have to worry about it slipping out under force.

I use a socket wrench with a big spanner slipped over the end for extra leverage on stubborn nuts and bolts, could that do the trick here?

Thanks

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Chain whip should be clockwise by the way. What size adjustable spanner are you using? Leverage is key.

 

[boydj]

Tool in the vice let's you use the wheel for leverage. It's never failed for me.

 

[Sharky]

Is that definitely a casette/freehub or a screw on freewheel?

 

[derrick]

Is that definitely a casette/freehub or a screw on freewheel?

Looks like the cassette removal tool fits, so i would say a cassette.

 

[figbat]

Tool in the vice let's you use the wheel for leverage. It's never failed for me.

For a freewheel yes, but not a cassette on a free hub.

 

[Sharky]

Looks like the cassette removal tool fits, so i would say a cassette.

On the image, I can't make out the lock ring?