Thread: Front derailer stopped retracting onto small ring
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Old 08-05-16 | 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by dsbrantjr
*grit jamming the pivot
And from experience, it doesn't take much.

Dowse it in lube while moving it around by hand. It ought to free up eventually. If it doesn't, then you might have had bad enough luck to get one with a bad spring, spring stop, or pivot.
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