Basically the title. The rust is just on this side of the wheel as far as I can tell. No other rusty parts of the drive train. Just noticed this when the sunlight hit it a certain way. Still safe to ride?
by EndurancePatienta
Basically the title. The rust is just on this side of the wheel as far as I can tell. No other rusty parts of the drive train. Just noticed this when the sunlight hit it a certain way. Still safe to ride?
by EndurancePatienta
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Jockey wheels are usually plastic so maybe it can be cleaned? The other one looks completely worn out though. Maybe just replace the pair.
I would just lube it.. maybe clean it and it will look way better.
You sure it’s not red dirt. Just take it apart and clean it my dude.
Lubricate it and it will be fine. If it affects performance somehow – replace (like if it makes noice or if it rotates with some effort). Some surface rust is fine’ish.
I would, remove it, clean it, give it a shot of lube, and reinstall it.
They are both worn out. Easy and practically free to replace.
On Shimano they are very easy to remove to clean and lube. Just a simple Allen key and some dirty fingers. I wore one out to the point the jockey wheel axle failed resulting in catastrophic failure of the derailleur which was $200 to replace. Thankfully I didn’t fall off the bike or destroy the rear wheel.
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I would be more concerned about the dirty chain and probably the rest of the drive train. That chain looks very dirty. With the amount of grim on it, it will grind away at the rest of your components, including the jockey wheels.
That is a plastic part, it is definitely not rust.
It’s not rust. It’s dirt;
Your bike looks totally filthy—give it a thorough clean including disassembly and thorough scrubbing of the drivetrain. Take off the chain, unscrew the derailleur cage and take off the jockey wheels too, and take your cassette off the rear wheel. Clean them all until all the grease is off, and do the same with your front chainrings while they’re still on the bike.
Anything extremely worn you should replace.
Buy new jockey wheels. They’re so worn out they’re almost round. Also they’re plastic so no rust there, just muck. Chuck ’em.
You need to clean it first and change the bearing. That rusty pulley might come from that bearing. But the easy way is you just change pulley to a new one.
Jockey wheel is plastic, it’s dirt. There’s dirt (same color on the cage) just clean it along with you drive train (chain, cogs, chainrings, derailleurs) you’ll be good to go.
Replacement pulleys aren’t very expensive and it’s quite easy to change them.
Jockey wheels are plastic. Even the other parts are that colored. I think you can just clean away
Its made of plastic. Just fucking clean your shit!
If you keep your chain, wheels, cassette, etc cleaner the parts will last longer. The road dirt & grim + lube turns into a sanding paste that will slowly grind away on the parts as they move. It’s also possible to better inspect things when theyve been cleaned and relubed/greased.
If it looks, sounds, or behaves off after that, they are easy parts to replace.
It’s cheap to replace
Dude clean the dirt off lol… Your pulleys are plastic so they aren’t rusted.
Clean it, then ask questions?
I would be incredibly concerned to see iron oxide on plastic
It’s made of plastic, rust coming from somewhere else.
I would recommend a winter service ☝🏼plus swapping out the pulleys.