being a typical tight arsed yorkshire man, i bought a cheaper (microshift) cassette to replace the 4 year old slx one on my wifes bike.
the slx one on the shimano freehub spins lovely, bit is very very worn.
so off with the old one, on with the new microshift one and fit the lock ring, and the cassette is pushed right up against the spokes stopping the cassette/freehub spinning.
looked for a space in the box from new one, no spacer, dont know if it comes with one ?
anyone shed any light on this please ??
or should i return it and buy a almost triple the price shimano cassette ?
which model SLX cassette you replacing? and which model MS have you bought?
replacing a slx m7000 with a microSHIFT XLE 11 H113 11 Speed MTB Cassette.
should be straight swop, no spacer for the MS unless you are using it on road 11speed, which assume you are not.
no, using mtb.
i recon it needs a spacer about half the thickness of the spacers between the rings on the old cassette.
i thought 14.99 compared to 67.00 was too good to be straightforward.
I think you need a 1.85mm spacer, assuming I'm reading the manual right!
spacer is only need for MTB cassette onto road 11speed freehub as they are longer than std HG freehub.
very odd. is there a silver ring rivetted in the centre back of your cassette btw?
Maybe, but the issue Ton is having might suggest otherwise! Worth a try regardless 🙂
it deffo needs a spacer. and the 1.85mm one sounds about right. i will source one and see if it sorts the problem.
piss poor though if it needs one but dont come with one.
very odd. is there a silver ring rivetted in the centre back of your cassette btw?
yes mate, there is.
the whole cassette looks like it will fit. it goes on fine, and spins lovely until you crank the lockring tight. it then touches the spokes and dont spin free.
What's the hub/freehub?
Those spacers will usually come with the wheels.
You sure it's not a road hub?
i have fitted a couple of MS 11speed cassettes and both occasions been direct swap.
as both the shimano and MS largest sprocket overhangs the base of the free hub, could just be that the MS cassette has a little less clearance in the centre assume it catches on the inner arms /rivets of the biggest sprocket? might just be an unlucky combination ?
be surprised though as MS seem to make sure they are as shimano compatible as possible.
the wheel is a halo vapour 30. fitted with slx cassette from new 4 years ago. the cassette is the loose type where the rings go one at a time with spacers.
as there were no spacer with the new cassette, i tried one of the spacers from my old cassette. i put it on before putting the cassette on. it is too thick obviously. i thing the spacer woody suggested will sort it.
if you think it would help to use a spacer, just try one of the smaller flat sprockets from the old cassette under the new cassette, bit thinner than 1.85mm but still...
also check to see if there is not a slim spacer still stuck to the old cassette.
all very odd! Hope yiou get it fixed
I had this issue with a road cassette. It would spin fine on my spare wheel but not my other wheel. It was due to the freehub body being worn rather than an issue with the Microshift cassette. Microshift are flat on the back the Shimano have a slight ridge causing an offset. My lbs gave me a thin spacer that sorted it
Interesting - we're running either Microshift or another cheapie cassette on 3x mtb's (11sp) and three do it all bikes (one 3x9sp, one 2x10sp, one 1x9sp Microshift widerange drivetrain) and I've always just been able to swap out, and don't notice any difference in performance.
tried it again using a small flat sprocket like @rootes1 suggested.
still no good. sprocket must be too thick so couldnt get lockring to engage.
proper slx m7000 cassette ordered.
1 x microshift 11spd 11/42 cassette free to a good home.
Might be worth trying it on someone else's wheel?
