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Westie
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Out hacking around on the bike today practicing my wheelie drops and fell a bit hard. Suddenly
realised that my freewheel wasn't, and there was a lump of grass sticking out of my rear derailleur.
Looks like I've taken a knock squarely on the bit of the derailleur that attaches to the hanger
bracket. I think that it's bent the bracket ever-so slightly and on brief inspection, the axle (or
hub) _seems_ to be bent and preventing the freewheel doing it's thing. ie. spin, spin, jam, crunch,
spin, spin, jam, crunch... The discs don't seemt o be able to be adjusted to stop friction either.
The free wheels crunches and seizes (it's locked solid right now) but shifting works more or less. I
got home OK but had to keep pedalling to ensure chain didn't jam and had mega slippage. Of course it
was because everything is out of alignment slightly.
So, not having had a close look at it myself (had to work within a 1/2hrs time of getting into
house). But I think that hub or derailleur is bung. This is new to me. Where to now? Am I looking at
something serious or have I overlooked the obvious?
Giant NRS2 w/ deore hubs, shimano cassette, LX derailleur mavic x223 disc rims and 190pounds(!) on
top of it.
Hope that this distracts you from world events for a few moments.... Cheers Westie
realised that my freewheel wasn't, and there was a lump of grass sticking out of my rear derailleur.
Looks like I've taken a knock squarely on the bit of the derailleur that attaches to the hanger
bracket. I think that it's bent the bracket ever-so slightly and on brief inspection, the axle (or
hub) _seems_ to be bent and preventing the freewheel doing it's thing. ie. spin, spin, jam, crunch,
spin, spin, jam, crunch... The discs don't seemt o be able to be adjusted to stop friction either.
The free wheels crunches and seizes (it's locked solid right now) but shifting works more or less. I
got home OK but had to keep pedalling to ensure chain didn't jam and had mega slippage. Of course it
was because everything is out of alignment slightly.
So, not having had a close look at it myself (had to work within a 1/2hrs time of getting into
house). But I think that hub or derailleur is bung. This is new to me. Where to now? Am I looking at
something serious or have I overlooked the obvious?
Giant NRS2 w/ deore hubs, shimano cassette, LX derailleur mavic x223 disc rims and 190pounds(!) on
top of it.
Hope that this distracts you from world events for a few moments.... Cheers Westie