Originally Posted by Equinox
will my shimano cassette come apart when I take it off the bike? Is it hard to re-assemble it?
Depends which stuff you have. The higher end stuff will come apart. No worries though. Just re-assemble largest to smallest!
The sprockets are mistake proofed so you can't mess it up. There's a larger slot on the freewheel that matches a larger tab on each sprocket. The stamp showing the number of teeth points outwards... but it's unpossible to put them on backwards anyhow.