Originally Posted by
jeirvine
Short cage springs will work. I have also bent a new pin onto a broken spring. I think I used needle nosed pliers and a vise.
Jeirvine, I tried to do the same unsuccessfully by hand with a pair of pliers but didn't pull out the big tools last night. I was looking for the quick fix last night with the pliers in my exasperation of a small job all of the sudden turning into an "Ouch, That's Going To Cost You" moment. Nothing to lose with mangling the existing spring a little more so I'll this a shot since I slept off my "internal tantrum" last night.
Originally Posted by
steelbikeguy
. I'm still trying to figure out how to predicts when those springs will break or why. It can be a problem when it happens on the road. oh... just to be clear, I'm talking about the first generation of the Cyclones. The Mk II Cyclone springs break too, unfortunately. Steve in Peoria
Steve, mine is a 1st gen derailleur also. And, I wish I could have predicted this spring's demise. I was simply re-pinning the chain after waxing and was pushing the RD forward for some slack when the RD tension went slack and forward in my hand. In that split second after the spring gave way, I paused without turning my head and hoped that what my brain was telling me "what-just-happened" really "didn't-just-happen".