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Rear derailleur skips a gear... (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by thenextguy@lemmy.world to c/bikewrench@lemmy.world

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Not sure if this is common knowledge or not, but it took me far too long to figure out. So posting in case it helps others.

Old trek dual sport with 8 speed Shimano Acera would skip one gear near the middle of the range, and be very noisy on those cogs.

I assumed I had a bent hanger… nope. Tried numerous other things to figure out what I had done to cause this.

Turned out to be the shift cable was attached on the wrong side of the cable clamp post, causing too sharp an angle for the cable and ever so slightly changing the pull ratio.

The only way I figured it out was that I remembered some obscure web page that talked about doing this on purpose as a hack to get incompatible shifter and derailleur to work together.

HTH someone.

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[–] chickenf622@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago

You're the exact inverse of the person that asks a question, and then says "nevermind figured it out" with no details. Good job being that kind of person.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago

I have never thought that the cable position in the clamp mattered. The only reason I've never hit this problem is luck. 😅

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

Ugh, derailleurs are the worst. Single speed for me as long as I live in Chicago.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks for sharing!