1988 Deore 6-speed cluster

[Roger486]

For my mountain bike restoration I have hit a snag. By local bike shop (New Zealand) has no idea of where to get and has never seen the rear cluster that I have. I hope that someone can help.

It is a Shimano Deore 6-speed cluster that slips onto the free hub and is held in place by the smallest cog which is threaded onto the hub ???

Does anyone know where I can get one, and/or what the proper name (part number/description) is???

Here's hoping!

 

[legrandefromage]

Look on an eBay worldwide search for 'Uniglide'. Unique to Shimano and a bit awkward.

As an alternative you can take the whole freehub body off and replace it with a standard 7 spd body. It is cheaper to buy the hub complete so search for 'Exage' as these are still widely available.

The second option is cheaper and a 7 spd cassette will work with shimano's MT60 or M730 6 spd thumbies as they have 7 shifts. Or go for later 7 spd models.

Look up Sheldon Browns pages for a better description

 

[legrandefromage]

A quick scout around only revealed road based stuff as that probably outsold MTB equipment by ten to one. And back in time, Suntour was still a big seller further diluting MTB Uniglide sales.

Heres the Sheldon Brown stuff and helps indentify what you have

Check your hub, if there is a thread just inside the freehub, you should be able to fit a 'normal' cassette.

http://sheldonbrown.com/k7.html#transplant

And an important distinction between freewheels and freehub bodies:

Perfect donor hub!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Shimano-Exage ... 46179cd073

 

[legrandefromage]

Aaaaaand!

I have an MT60 Uniglide hub that I may do a transplant on so I could send you the whole lot over one day if you get stuck.

Same model as Googlied:

And for others reading, this lock ring pic from Sheldon's site gives me ideas once I get my damned Uniglide cassette off!

 

[drystonepaul]

And the most informative reply award goes to...

Not much to add to that except that Uniglide clusters do still turn up here and there. Usually very cheap because nobody wants them. Bike jumbles are a good place to look.

To remove them you need two good quality chain whips and plenty of leverage to undo the smallest sprocket. They can be very tight indeed.

 

[bodrobert]

I've bought 6 sprockets for Uniglide hubs (13-26, if I remember well) some years ago from ebay. I've used them on a 7-speed Hiperglyde (uniglide compatible, as most of them) freewheel body for a short period. I think that you could buy a set of uniglide compatible sprockets nowadays (if you are lucky and patient).

 

[drcarlos]

I have a good condition one for sale, I had two or three when I was building the Saracen Kili-flyer. I don't want a lot for it, but postage may prove prohibitively expensive, PM me and we'll see if we can work it out.

Carl.

 

[bodrobert]

Here is an example:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NIB-VINTAGE-S ... 2586a565f2
By that time the road and mountain cogsets were the same, only the teeth numbers were different.

 

[bm0p700f]

I have pm'd you with a cheaper new solution.

 

[Roger486]

Hi... help!

I upgraded my vintage Deore XT hub from Uniglide to Hyperglide with the new hub body... but when you put a 7-speed Hyperglide cluser on it (12-32) the cone is the same level as the locking so the outer cog will touch the frame locking the hub.

One solution seems to be to take out the spacer between the cluster and the 12-tooth cog and then use the 7-speed as a 6-speed, but that means I loose the 12 tooth cog.

We have measured up and the axel on the 'new' Deore XT hub is the same length as the axel on my old one but the body and cluster seems to be significantly wider.

Is there a fix for this or am I missing something??

Roger