Originally Posted by
spinnaker
Thanks. So 9 clicks is around .35 inches. No way is it moving that far. Should I see the cable being taken up with it not connected to the shifter? Or do I have the cable fed wrong?
It just occred to me that I could go ahead and feed the whole cable and connect it to the derailer, just as long as I don't cut the cable until I know it works.
You say in the original post
"so I used the inner shifter to release all the tension on the cable".
If you did this after you threaded cable -- i.e. the shifter was not set this way when you threaded the cable -- then the cable could be threaded incorrectly. The shifter needs to be in neutral for cable to thread through and set properly. When cable is at maximum slack, you should be able to see the cable end inside the shifter seated in a cylindrical notch. Another way to test is visually. Compress the brake a bit as you shift and you should see the cable end within this cylinder begin to move towards you within the shifter.