Heard a guy at the co-op mention cheap chain tools are ruining cassettes

Was picking up some used parts when a veteran mechanic pointed out that budget chain tools often leave a burr on the pin, which then slowly eats into your cassette over 500 miles. He showed me a SRAM cassette with worn teeth that was only 3 months old because of a sloppy break. Anyone else run into this from a $15 tool?

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theathomas29d ago

Bet that burr adds some nice 'character' to the cassette.

tylerlane29d ago

Yeah my buddy had a cassette with a burr like that and it ate his tape deck alive. @theathomas