Great, thanks Sheldon. I'll take a second look tonight. It was only a few of the teeth (4 or 5 were much shorter than the others) and was unlike anything I'd seen in my short history of attempting my own wrenching. If the cassette and chain is all I need to replace, that'd be great.
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