Originally Posted by craiginho
is it possible that the FD is too small for the chainrings?
moved the der. around and made adjustments w/ screws and was able to get it to the third chain ring, but then couldn't get it to the granny even when the cable was detached from the anchor bolt.
OK. It sounds to me like you're getting closer. Now find the screw marked "L" on your front derailleur and, with the cable still disconnected, back it out until the derailleur cage lines up with your granny chainring.
After you get that done, make sure that your shifter is in it's lowest gear position, grab the shift cable with needle nose pliers so that you can pull out all of the slack and reconnect it to your derailleur. Then try a few shifts and see what happens.