Originally Posted by
bampilot06
I’m going to have to take the cassette off for either fix, anything wrong with zipping it together with a zip tie and throwing it in a bowl of gasoline to clean it?
Gasoline is not recommended for cleaning, to put it mildly.
I suggest flossing it out with a rag moistened with a "biodegradable" degreaser or, if you must give it a bath, recapture the degreaser (lots of people like mineral oil), let the dirt sediment out and pour off the clean portion. Let the dirty stuff evaporate in a disposable aluminum pan and recycle that if you can. Please.
Edit: That cassette is clean enough to eat off of. You should see mine.