Post by marsbarman on Oct 12, 2014 15:26:53 GMT
So on the final run of BPW on Monday my chain snapped, but I'd been having issues with my rear mech from about lunch time with only 2 gears available, shifter just didn't seem to be talking to the mech.
Having finally had chance to get the bike up on the stand to look at it, the cable isn't broken and I've given everything (cassette and chain) a good soak in degreaser and taken the rear mech off and taken a toothbrush to it to get any wedged in dirt out.
Now it's back on I've got more issues, I can move the full range of gears, except the chain now skips from cog to cog, not just up one, but down one, so it's skipping across 3 cogs and certain links are clipping against the cog above and causing a clicking noise when going at low speeds. I've tried adjusting everything on the mech I can to try and sort this, so far, nothing.
I would really not prefer to have to buy a new rear mech as the X9's aren't overly cheap. Nor are the Shimano counterparts.
Having finally had chance to get the bike up on the stand to look at it, the cable isn't broken and I've given everything (cassette and chain) a good soak in degreaser and taken the rear mech off and taken a toothbrush to it to get any wedged in dirt out.
Now it's back on I've got more issues, I can move the full range of gears, except the chain now skips from cog to cog, not just up one, but down one, so it's skipping across 3 cogs and certain links are clipping against the cog above and causing a clicking noise when going at low speeds. I've tried adjusting everything on the mech I can to try and sort this, so far, nothing.
I would really not prefer to have to buy a new rear mech as the X9's aren't overly cheap. Nor are the Shimano counterparts.
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