All Shimano Tiagra 4600 Drive Train

I replaced an old front shifter cable and now my FD isn’t shifting well. It takes a lot of effort and cable tension to shift into low gear and it springs back with quite a bit of force when shifting into low gear, knocking the cage out of alignment.

I also uninstalled the FD to give it a clean/lube so maybe I reinstalled it erroneously?

Thanks in advance!

Front Derailleur shifting really hard when tension is relieved
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  1. The cable is clamped incorrectly, and the FD is mounted also way higher than it should be.

  2. Careful-Anything-804 on

    When there is no tension the springs on the shifter will just default close to the fram

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