Originally Posted by
FastJake
1. You will need a tool for this. The type of tool depends on what you're working with. (Pictures please!)
2. I did that on a cheap steel crank. I drilled out the rivets, and replaced them with nuts, bolts, and washers to center my chainring. It worked.
3. There are two ways to get a straight chainline: move the chainring, or move the hub on its axle. Moving the chainring is easy (just add more or less washers after completing #2 ^^). If you move the hub by rearranging spacers you will probably find that your rim is not centered in the frame anymore. You will then need to have your wheel re-dished. My LBS charged me $10 to do this.
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I have the cassette removed from the hub. I am trying to get the individual sprockets off of the cassette.
2. Then that is what I will be doing.
3. Sounds like moving the chainring is easier.
Originally Posted by
Kayce
You probably have a freewheel style hub which means the whole cluster of gears is a single unit that threads onto the hub. There are special tools that remove them depending on what brand you have. Bike Church(on Penn's campus) has the full selection and will you help get it all off.
You dont really want to remove the rivits. It would be much better to leave the second ring on it and not use it, or get a new single ring(again bike church $5-10)
It will work, but take a lot of effort a whole lot and a decent amount spacers. Go to Bike Church.
I will definitely have to check out Bike Church once im back on campus.