Is the cable attached the same way as in the photo I previously posted?
Your second post sounds like you've attached the cable on the inboard side but it should be attached to the outboard side as shown in the photo.
There is no groove for cable in the pinch bolt assembly, but it seems designed to run cable over inboard side where it clamps and the loose end is directed away from spokes by a tab on lower end of assembly.
Attaching the cable on the wrong side of the pinch bolt would affect the shifting.
I took the advice to call Shimano. I got through to a CS guy........He says road shifters won't work with the MTB derailleur because [as I can verify firsthand] they have different cable pull ratio. I asked if that is true for 9-speeds, and he said it is.
Some combos won't work, a lot will work.
Do some reading, there's plenty of people that dill disagree with CS guy......
https://www.google.com/search?q=shim...bikeforums.net
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