Missing middle gear, Nexus Inter-3
06-09-09, 07:10 PM
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: London, Ontario
Posts: 518
Bikes: 2 Xootr Swifts, Dahon Curve, Oxford Winter Beater.
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Missing middle gear, Nexus Inter-3
Guys & Gals, I need help.
I've setup the Nexus Inter-3 and calibrated it as per instructions: when in 2nd gear little yellow indicator is between the yellow lines on the click-box. The right end of the axle also aligns with the little window border. Never less, I'm unable to shift into the middle gear, 2nd, direct-drive. In first gear I get the lowest gear (~40 gear inches), in 2nd and 3rd I get the highest gear (~80 gear inches). But 2nd is supposed to go into a middle gear of ~60 gear inches.
Any advice?
- Jakub
I've setup the Nexus Inter-3 and calibrated it as per instructions: when in 2nd gear little yellow indicator is between the yellow lines on the click-box. The right end of the axle also aligns with the little window border. Never less, I'm unable to shift into the middle gear, 2nd, direct-drive. In first gear I get the lowest gear (~40 gear inches), in 2nd and 3rd I get the highest gear (~80 gear inches). But 2nd is supposed to go into a middle gear of ~60 gear inches.
Any advice?
- Jakub
06-09-09, 07:55 PM
#2
hipster traffic dodger
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 596
Bikes: IRO Mark V Pro, home made bamboo track bike, eddy merckx corsa extra, Airnimal Joey commute, UGADA Tikit
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
try the bike mech. forum, there are a couple internal gear hub experts there.
06-10-09, 02:22 AM
#3
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 3,720
Mentioned: 3 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 317 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
Is it an old or new one?
They`ve got a reputation for being a bit difficult. I got help in this forum some time back, https://groups.yahoo.com/group/Geared_hub_bikes/ but i ended up replacing it with a 5 speet Torpedo (since I had one lyng around).
https://bike.shimano.com/publish/cont...ng%20Guide.pdf
https://hubstripping.wordpress.com/ge...vs-derailleur/
edit: https://hubstripping.wordpress.com/?s=Nexus+Inter-3+
I am sure it has been discussed in BF too, but searching is not always easy.
They`ve got a reputation for being a bit difficult. I got help in this forum some time back, https://groups.yahoo.com/group/Geared_hub_bikes/ but i ended up replacing it with a 5 speet Torpedo (since I had one lyng around).
https://bike.shimano.com/publish/cont...ng%20Guide.pdf
https://hubstripping.wordpress.com/ge...vs-derailleur/
edit: https://hubstripping.wordpress.com/?s=Nexus+Inter-3+
I am sure it has been discussed in BF too, but searching is not always easy.
Last edited by badmother; 06-10-09 at 02:36 AM.
06-10-09, 09:57 AM
#4
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: London, Ontario
Posts: 518
Bikes: 2 Xootr Swifts, Dahon Curve, Oxford Winter Beater.
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Alrighty, thanks Chiapas and BM. Indeed I was wondering if they have a 'reputation' and/or this may be a known issue in general 
.
- Jakub
.- Jakub
06-10-09, 10:35 AM
#5
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Highland Park, NJ, USA
Posts: 3,798
Bikes: "Hildy", a Novara Randonee touring bike; a 16-speed Bike Friday Tikit; and a Specialized Stumpjumper frame-based built-up MTB, now serving as the kid-carrier, grocery-getter.
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 11 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
My SRAM T-3 hub gets this sometimes; the solution is to fiddle with the tension of the cable going into the hub. (The cable leading from the shifter along the side of the bike, that enters at the center of the hub.) On my bike, everything lines up when the cable is not quite taut in 3rd gear.
__________________
Tour Journals, Blog, ride pix
My bands:
Tour Journals, Blog, ride pix
My bands:
- Uke On! - ukulele duo - Videos
- Ukulele Abyss - ukulele cover videos - Videos
- Baroque and Hungry's (Celtic fusion) full-length studio album Mended.
- Artistic Differences - 8-track EP Dreams of Bile and Blood.
06-10-09, 11:39 AM
#6
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 3,720
Mentioned: 3 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 317 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
My SRAM T-3 hub gets this sometimes; the solution is to fiddle with the tension of the cable going into the hub. (The cable leading from the shifter along the side of the bike, that enters at the center of the hub.) On my bike, everything lines up when the cable is not quite taut in 3rd gear.
jakub.ner: How old is your hub (approx)?
