Rear Bike Sprocket Slipping

I occasionally get questions like bike doesn t move when i pedal help my wheel doesn t move when i move the pedals.

Rear bike sprocket slipping. If they aren t you should replace it. I guess that the spring isn t hold the sprocket well. These bike gears operate by shifting the bike chain up and down a cassette of cogs on the rear wheel each cog offering a different gear ratio. Adjusting rear derailleurs for smooth gear changing most modern mountain bikes have derailleur gears.

I fell off the bike in slow motion and luckily at 5 am there was nobody about to laugh at me. This article will show you how to fix a bicycle freehub mechanism that is skipping. The best is to bring the bike to shop to repair it. If the bike still does not shift repeat the entire process.

This post explains the tools needed and the proper procedure of removing rear sprockets of rear wheels that have them. Tools needed will be listed after the preparation procedures are explained for reasons that will become apparent after reading paragraphs preceding the tool list. If any of the edges are no longer rounded at the ends and instead resemble a shark s tooth it s time to replace the cassette because it s probably causing your chain to slip. Examine your rear derailleur.

Take time to visit a professional especially if you ride professionally. Replacing chains derailleurs and sprockets will ensure that your bike lasts longer and performs best. A good bike shop will do a thorough analysis of your bike gears and give you recommendations on the same. Shift down into the smallest ring in the rear cassette again and press your shifter again to see if the bike shifts properly.

That was the end of my bike ride. I show the most common causes for chains that skip slip jump gears while pedaling auto shifting phantom shifting derailleur especially while under torqu. A freehub a common hub type for bicycles that uses stacks of sprockets or cassettes the freewheel mechanism is contained within the hub. But if you want to repair it all alone first get your rear wheel off get the sprocket off and check the 3 teeth inside the sprocket they have to be perfect half circles.

What s wrong pedaling won t move. Now if i turn to pedals the chain moves and it drives the sprockets at the back but that s all the rear wheel doesn t go around with them.