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08-21-08, 01:01 PM

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krushgroove

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many thanks for the quick replies!

Quote:

Originally Posted by treebound

How many cogs are on the rear? 7, should have mentioned this, sorry
Did you recently change the shifter? yes but I (maybe naively) don't think it matters because the RD can be pushed by hand to get the chain on all the cogs
Has it ever worked correctly and full range with the current shifter? no, and not with the old RD either but the old cables were pretty crap
Is the shifter indexed and if so does it give an appropriate number of clicks? yes and yes

Quote:

Originally Posted by DannoXYZ

Are you using 9-spd shifters/RD with 10-spd cogset?

Nah, it's an old Raleigh with 3 chainrings up front and 7 speeds in the rear

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Originally Posted by Bill Kapaun

Sounds like the limit screws need to be backed out a bit. Go slow, like 1/4 turn at a time.
http://www.parktool.com/repair/byregion.asp?catid=53

right, I'll give this a try, thanks for the heads up!

edit - got it sorted out, printed the Park FD and RD adjustment guides and went through them step by step this time! I can get to all my gears now! awesome

thanks for all the replies

Last edited by krushgroove; 08-21-08 at 03:02 PM.

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