Thread: Front derailleur spring problem
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Old 07-09-13 | 01:40 PM
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nduetime
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Let me see if I can better explain it. If I loosen the cable (or change to the smaller two gears,) the FD just freely pivots back and forth (in and out) without any tension. I will try to take a video and upload it when I get home tonight. In the meantime, I found another photo of the backside of the derailleur. In the photo below, on the left side of the black spring, it appears that the extended portion of the spring makes contact with a pivoting arm (?) which allows the spring to create tension. However, in the photos of my initial post, you can see there is nothing there for it to contact. I'm wondering if that extended portion on that side of the spring has broken off, making it too short to reach the contact point it needs to create the required tension.



Again, I'll take a video tonight. Thanks for the replies.
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