I was trying to fix the issue of my front derailleur rubbing to my chain after I removed and replaced the rear wheel (the same wheel, was just practicing to learn how to remove it..etc in case if i have a flat.). When I bought the bike and had a front derailleur rubbing issue, I had brought it to a bike mechanic and he had fixed it playing with the cable tension.
Well, I wanted to fix it the same way and started to play with the barrel. Well.. I just realized it I have moved it too much and now I am unable to screw it back in. Tomorrow I have a 50 km ride with a friend. Is this a big issue? Can I still do the ride? Or can I fix it?
Thank you!
EDIT: The bike is a 2024 Specialized Diverge E5 Elite with GRX400 transmission.
Mikeezeduzit on
You need to put the fd on big ring manually then click the shifter to small ring so the cable goes slack. Or undo the cable on shifter then sort it.
Other-Key-8647 on
Looks like it’s cross-threaded quite a bit.
kinboyatuwo on
Idealy you should as it will mess the threads up and give you inconsistent shifting. Possible that’s too late too.
Easy proper way. Undo the shifter cable, remove the tension, reverse it out and then take yout time and thread it in. Then set the tension back for the front cable.
Cheater way. Shift into the big ring. Don’t pedal and shift into the small ring. This should buy you enough slack to reverse off and properly re screw in.
garciakevz on
You should only screw this back on if the two pieces are perfectly aligned. Forcing it to screw together on a sideways angle is going to cross thread the threads.
I think you can still save this. By slackenjng the cable by unpinching the cable or something equivalent. Then retighten this all the way so you can play with indexing.
If you don’t know what I’m talking about, just send to shop it’s not gonna be expensive and it will take them probably 10 seconds
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Hello!
I was trying to fix the issue of my front derailleur rubbing to my chain after I removed and replaced the rear wheel (the same wheel, was just practicing to learn how to remove it..etc in case if i have a flat.). When I bought the bike and had a front derailleur rubbing issue, I had brought it to a bike mechanic and he had fixed it playing with the cable tension.
Well, I wanted to fix it the same way and started to play with the barrel. Well.. I just realized it I have moved it too much and now I am unable to screw it back in. Tomorrow I have a 50 km ride with a friend. Is this a big issue? Can I still do the ride? Or can I fix it?
Thank you!
EDIT: The bike is a 2024 Specialized Diverge E5 Elite with GRX400 transmission.
You need to put the fd on big ring manually then click the shifter to small ring so the cable goes slack. Or undo the cable on shifter then sort it.
Looks like it’s cross-threaded quite a bit.
Idealy you should as it will mess the threads up and give you inconsistent shifting. Possible that’s too late too.
Easy proper way. Undo the shifter cable, remove the tension, reverse it out and then take yout time and thread it in. Then set the tension back for the front cable.
Cheater way. Shift into the big ring. Don’t pedal and shift into the small ring. This should buy you enough slack to reverse off and properly re screw in.
You should only screw this back on if the two pieces are perfectly aligned. Forcing it to screw together on a sideways angle is going to cross thread the threads.
I think you can still save this. By slackenjng the cable by unpinching the cable or something equivalent. Then retighten this all the way so you can play with indexing.
If you don’t know what I’m talking about, just send to shop it’s not gonna be expensive and it will take them probably 10 seconds
You can buy one for a couple of bucks.