Post by stoatie on Jul 13, 2015 16:53:06 GMT
Whilst at the rally people where remarking on Lewis' slack chain, which was put down to his rear mech not having enough spring tension. I'd also shelved my short cage crane due to similar problems. Somebody mentioned (may have been Pete with his infinite wisdom) that some derailleurs have three different holes to adjust the spring tension.
Well today I tackled and hopefully fixed mine.
I took the mech apart and drilled a new hole further around so that the spring would actually work, then drilled a second hole even further round so it worked even better.
I used a 2.5mm drill bit as that was the smallest I could find 2mm would have been better I think. Didn't take long to drill as it's only ally.
Put it all back together made sure the lug at the back was tight against the hanger and I now appear to have a fully functioning Crane again, should also work on Tourneys as they are a similar design.
Well today I tackled and hopefully fixed mine.
I took the mech apart and drilled a new hole further around so that the spring would actually work, then drilled a second hole even further round so it worked even better.
I used a 2.5mm drill bit as that was the smallest I could find 2mm would have been better I think. Didn't take long to drill as it's only ally.
Put it all back together made sure the lug at the back was tight against the hanger and I now appear to have a fully functioning Crane again, should also work on Tourneys as they are a similar design.
