Originally Posted by
zacster
Is it really that hard to stick a brush in there rather than having a dishful of loose cogs that need to be put back together in just the right way? I'd rather use the brush myself.
I live in a rented room. No workshop or garage, no solvent cleaner, not allowed, I have to get by with just a scrub sponge and dish soap. It's vastly easier cleaning for me if the cassette comes apart.
Oh for the days at my former employers, every one of them had a machine shop with a solvent cleaner, glass-bead blasting cabinet, mill, lathe, press, and I was cockpit-qualified on everything, worked my way through school as a machinist, all except the welder, I can't weld. I'd stay late or go in on a Saturday to do a full bike overhaul, it was great. Vehicle lifts too, could easily work on my own vehicles.