Movement in the cassette

[BigTam]

I am using the original rear wheel from my bike as a trainer wheel, it has Felt hubs and Mavic rims, there is at least 4/5 mm of movement in the cassette when the wheel is spinning, I have stripped down the hub, checked and tightened it but to no avail, still movement there, in contrast my new Mavic Aksium rear wheel has absolutely no movement in the cassette at all.

Is that amount of play normal and would it tend to be the actual freehub that is out of line ?

 

[HLaB]

Only a guess but it could be the old hub needs a spacer ?

 

[BigTam]

The wheel is practiacally new, only done a couple of hundred miles before I replaced it.

 

[PpPete]

A 1 mm spacer is required on some 8/9/10 speed hubs when you fit a 10 speed cassette.
4-5 mm makes me think there is something else awry.
7 speed cassette on a 8/9/10 speed freehub?
Accidentally dropped one of the smaller sprockets down the back of the sofa when you were assembling it?

 

[BigTam]

The movement was there when bought, only stripped down to check and tighten, it is a Shimano 10 speed cassette on stock Felt hubs, off a Felt Z85, did go back to LBS where bike was bought and they said it didnt look too bad and he said all his Felts in stock were the same, dont buy it, far too much movement.

 

[Cubist]

Is it movement or run-out? I seem to think all my bikes have always looked like the cassette is moving around a bit.

 

[vernon]

I think that its run out. I was alarmed the first time I spotted it but subsequent checks showed that all of my cassettes suffered from it.

 

[BigTam]

Definate movement, some thing is out of alignment.

 

[Alien8]

When you say movement you mean you see something like this?



If everything seems to spin nice and smooth in your fingers and you can can't detect any play in the axle/hub/cassette then it's hard to image that anything could be misaligned/miss-assembled.

Are you really (really) sure it isn't just run-out?

 

[CopperCyclist]

I see this in all my bikes too, and have been assured its normal. Mine looks like that YouTube link.

 

[BigTam]

A wee bit more than that, just doesnt seem right though, I have no movement at all on my Mavic Aksium wheel/hub.