Originally Posted by
abdon
Only four? I can fill half a cup with just the plain ones like the one that he needs. Easy enough to screw what he had in a known thread size nut to confirm what he needed.
For the vintage of his bike both Shimano and Suntour were using the same thread standard.
my sortings are fairly granular... the shifter adjusters separated from other types, etc. and the number quoted relates to only the derailleur adjusters for majority suntour and shimanos... many of the other brand adjusters land in the parts der. bin, still in place on the ders.
shifter and brake adjusters have their own drawers in the small parts stacks, and those are also sub-categorized as called for.
i have a LOT of parts.. organization of them is a necessity.
twelve years ago, my parts collection fitted into a small fishing tackle box... it would now neatly stack into a PODS Container, and the frames/wheels/tires/bikes would fill three more.... mind you, i'm a retired rock and roll big hair/metal roadie/sound eng., and really good at fitting things into containers/trailers/trucks
i've got a lot of parts.
and the vintage of a bike can be fairly meaningless regarding what derailleur is on it now.