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TomYoung
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Hi all:
My daughter bought an old Cannondale Mtn. bike (7 cog rear cluster) and
brought it home expecting me to put it to right. It has Shimano Deore
XT components. I'm having difficulty getting the front derailleur set
properly and wonder if I've screwed something up. Maybe somebody can
give me an assist.
This particular derailleur has a clamp set up that I'm not familiar
with. The clamp itself is a C-shaped piece of spring steel whose ends
go into the derailleur body. In removing the derailleur I kind of let
things "explode" over the garage; I THINK I found all the parts and I
THINK I've got them assembled correctly, but the derailleur keeps
sliding down the seat tube even though I've cranked down the bolt
pretty damn hard, so it seems like maybe it isn't correct after all.
The order of assembly of the pieces is: bolt is placed in derailleur
body from the right side; next, a short coil spring is slid over the
bolt threads from the left side , then a small silver washer; finally,
a cross-shaped nut is started on the threads; the C-shaped clamp is
placed on the seat tube and the ends are pressed into the derailleur
body.
The two ends of the C-shaped clamp have slots that fit over two ends of
the cross-shaped nut and as I tighten down the bolt the nut draws the
clamp into the derailleur body. At least, that's the theory I'm
working under. But, as I said, even though I'm tightening the bolt
about as snug as I dare, and the derailleur seems to be pretty solidly
attached to the frame, working the derailleur results in the derailleur
sliding down the seat post.
Can anybody tell me if I'm missing a piece, have the order of assembly
wrong, or can point me to an exploded diagram of this derailleur so I
can see what I'm doing wrong here?
TIA.
Tom Young
My daughter bought an old Cannondale Mtn. bike (7 cog rear cluster) and
brought it home expecting me to put it to right. It has Shimano Deore
XT components. I'm having difficulty getting the front derailleur set
properly and wonder if I've screwed something up. Maybe somebody can
give me an assist.
This particular derailleur has a clamp set up that I'm not familiar
with. The clamp itself is a C-shaped piece of spring steel whose ends
go into the derailleur body. In removing the derailleur I kind of let
things "explode" over the garage; I THINK I found all the parts and I
THINK I've got them assembled correctly, but the derailleur keeps
sliding down the seat tube even though I've cranked down the bolt
pretty damn hard, so it seems like maybe it isn't correct after all.
The order of assembly of the pieces is: bolt is placed in derailleur
body from the right side; next, a short coil spring is slid over the
bolt threads from the left side , then a small silver washer; finally,
a cross-shaped nut is started on the threads; the C-shaped clamp is
placed on the seat tube and the ends are pressed into the derailleur
body.
The two ends of the C-shaped clamp have slots that fit over two ends of
the cross-shaped nut and as I tighten down the bolt the nut draws the
clamp into the derailleur body. At least, that's the theory I'm
working under. But, as I said, even though I'm tightening the bolt
about as snug as I dare, and the derailleur seems to be pretty solidly
attached to the frame, working the derailleur results in the derailleur
sliding down the seat post.
Can anybody tell me if I'm missing a piece, have the order of assembly
wrong, or can point me to an exploded diagram of this derailleur so I
can see what I'm doing wrong here?
TIA.
Tom Young