Originally Posted by dstrong

OP...the next time you removed the cassette, place your index finger on the axle (like you're pointing into the center of the cassette). Slip everything off the hub onto your finger. Replace your finger with a tie-wrap. Clean as all one unit...a loose tie-wrap will let you take a brush to everything that needs brushing. To install, put your finger back into the center of the cassette, cut tie-wrap, take everything off your finder starting at the big cogs.