Originally Posted by
yangmusa
Question: Should I purchase and carry with me a Capreo cassette removal tool? Is it strictly necessary, or was this mechanic just not very knowledgeable?
There is a special tool for the cassette. Just mentally picturing the differences between the tools -- Capreo cassette removal tool and standard Shimano cassette removal tool -- I don't think that they could possibly be compatible. Perhaps there is a work around. But I don't know it.