Originally Posted by sydney
I Don't thinks so. It takes a 4.5m spacer to make up the difference when you put a 7 speed casette on a 8/9 hub.
Took the cassette apart last night, you're right, the spacer is on the left side, I would need to move it to the right side and re-dish. And the freehub is 7-sp (I don't have an 8-sp to compare, but there's no way there's enough room to cram in more cassette stack in there).