Amazing. It has a barrel adjuster threaded into the plate retaining hole. To secure a claw type RD into a forged dropout. An RD non-original to the bike. Installed in a way that is clearly dangerous.

Hondo, what are we even talking about here?!? Tell OP that it is hazardous, install literally *any* long cage RD, bend the hanger into ~place and move on! Jesus ******g Christ, am I on crazy pills!

I would 100% refuse to work on this bike in my shop for even a flat tire, if the owner refused to fix this setup. It is an injury waiting to happen, AS EVIDENCED in the first picture he posted where the driveside part of the axle slipped forward and the tire was clearly rubbing on the non-driveside chainstay!!! FFS