JD™ Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 Hi All, Chucking my ES4 over to singlespeed tonight, just to bring it a little bit more modern. If I like it I'll get myself a proper tensioner, but for now I just want to use my road mech. I seem to remember in t'old days that people removed springs or something to get the mech to stay on the chain line but can't find any info on it. Someone from the old school remind me what I mean? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that NBR dude Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 You need to take the circlip off the back where it bolts onto the frame, then remove the spring from in there. Bolt it onto the hanger then use a piece of old cable, pull it through until the mech is aligned and tighten it up. If you need any fine adjustments, you can still use the barrel adjuster to help out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 I used to find that I needed to run a washer of appropriate size between the mech and hanger to allow the body of the mech to lock onto something rather than rotate on the narrower diameter centre section which the bolt passes through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that NBR dude Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 I used to find that I needed to run a washer of appropriate size between the mech and hanger to allow the body of the mech to lock onto something rather than rotate on the narrower diameter centre section which the bolt passes through. I always just ran the standard washer / backplate that you take off when you remove the circlip. A washer would do the same job though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Vandart Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 (edited) I just used a bit of short bit o cable with the nippley bit inside the barrel as desribed and never knew or thought to take the spring out or use a washer. Do you mean if you only use one Jokey wheel? Edited November 8, 2010 by Matt Vandart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 I use a spoke where the cable goes, and cable-tie the main bit of the derallieur to the chainstay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted November 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 Thanks guys, very helpful. I'll give it all a go tonight, although I probably wont get very far as I'll only be able to start once I've gone and got the missus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted November 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 Problem number 1: (I'm sure there'll be more) Stripped the bike down, serviced the rear Hope XC hub (which was absolutely disgustingly dirty, I might add!) and chosen the best sprocket out of my cassette to put on. Started to put my Trialtech singlespeed spacer kit on and it seems a bit... snug. Is that how it's meant to be, or is my freewheel body a bit big for the spacers? In that case, what are my options? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 There was, a while ago, a batch of trialtech spacers that were too small to fit onto a driveshell. It sounds like this is your problem. It happened to me - it was such a size that it would go onto the very edge, but no further, such that you thought 'I bet a bit of force would get this on.' If that sounds familiar, contact tartybikes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted November 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 There was, a while ago, a batch of trialtech spacers that were too small to fit onto a driveshell. It sounds like this is your problem. It happened to me - it was such a size that it would go onto the very edge, but no further, such that you thought 'I bet a bit of force would get this on.' If that sounds familiar, contact tartybikes! Yea that sounds very familiar, I'll give them a shout tomorrow. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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