Originally Posted by
Jeff Wills
Is that the cable that was on the bike? I've had bad luck with the teflon-coated cables, but it sounds like you would have noticed the cable slipping in the pinch bolt.
A slipping cable would not explain mis-indexing where it aligns on one cog, gets progressively gets more and more out of alignment as you shift across the cluster, but then returns to original alignment on the starting cog.
Also, the adjuster is screwed way, way, out... why?
Probably because I unscrewed it all the way at some point and just wanted to re-join it back before packing it away. In any event, indexing wouldn't change just because you're at one end or the other of the adjuster. And BTW, it's really not "way, way, out" - it's about at the 60% out point between fully seated and becoming unscrewed.
Afraid you're going to have some sleepless nights; I have all the explanation I need. Sorry, don't have any interest in pursuing this further.
- Mark