Originally Posted by
FBinNY
No it's a brand new Deore, but with the "shadow" type articulated upper body. If you follow the thread you'll find my link to the instructions for this creature. Meanwhile, it's always possible he has a bent hanger, but that's not directly related to the immediate issue.
I have followed the thread, I just think your are overlooking the obvious. I know it is a Shadow style derailleur. The fact is he crashed his bike that ruined his previous derailleur and now a new Shadow derailleur doesn't work (nor does another standard derailleur). The issue with the Shadow derailleur is it does not rotate at the hanger bolt, but has an plate that moves the pivot to the left. It is here, most likely at the extended cable anchor arm, that the derailleur may be running up against the cogs. This arm runs along with the slant parallelogram just over to the top cogs. If the derailleur hanger is bent, it will rotate the entire derailleur inward and into the cogs.
Edit: BTW would you edit your previous and add a close bracket (
]) after the final [QUOTE
] in my statement; my OCD is screaming at you right now!!