Loose cassette

[novocaine]

Spacer, washer, shim, Burt or George. I don't care. Everyone knew what I meant.
Now I'm calling Dave a pedant.
Nice one @bikeworkshop, all that stock comes in handy for stuff like this.

I care, I said it first and I was right God damn it. you were off talking about UG blar blar, admit it, I know more and you have to let go of your Inn dwellers crown. Nar nar na nar nar.

Feel better now. love ya Benji

 

[bikeworkshop]

"UG, HG you can stuff the lot!"
Delivered in shouty anarcho-mockney...

 

[Frankenorange]

I have one of those squiggly washamespaceyshimerooni things. Always wondered what it was really for. Every day is a school day here

 

[legrandefromage]

OK, is that an aluminium Hope freehub body?

If so, you should really be using a cassette with an alloy carrier such as XT or XTR , sram and sunrace did offer 8spd but I haven't seen a live one in a while

Steel cassettes on alloy freehubs can 'spin' eating into the freehub splines, not nice

XT and XTR cassettes had an extra lip on the back acting where you have noticed the 'missing ' spacer

I also remember my Hope hubs having an aluminium spacer already fitted but that is some time ago

 

[Mace4130]

Looking more closely at this, the obstacle seems to be the 11t and 12t sprockets.
The 11t is “blind” and does not pass far enough onto the freehub to clamp the rest of the cassette.
The 12t is “open” and will fit fully along the freehub to clamp the cassette.
the 8s cassette clamps up fine with the 12t, but it’s a different width so I assume the shifting will be iffy.
Am I just confusing myself..View attachment 930718View attachment 930717View attachment 930720

This is exactly the issue, you need to add a spacer behind the cassette if you are using the blind sprocket..