Good morning, Anne: After tire repair, this is one of the most empowering lessons I teach new home mechanics. Since we can't sit down together with tools in hand, here's the next best thing - the Park Tool website!
http://www.parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=64 If you go through the steps, you'll solve the problem. One of the mistakes that mechanics often make is that they don't go through all of the steps in order. Shifting is a system, especially with indexing, and it helps to be systematic. Here's the steps in a quick summary: 1. Check limit screws 2. Check cable tension 3. Adjust indexing (barrel adjusters) It is also important to know whether your rear derailleur is a traditional (high normal) or rapid rise (low normal) style. The adjustment procedures are a bit different for each. High normal derailleurs are in the highest gear when the cable is relaxed. Low normal derailleurs are in the lowest gear when the cable is relaxed. You'll find the difference in adjustment discussed at the end of the Park article. One last thing that I didn't ask yet, and it matters with indexed systems, is whether you switched out the chain and cassette with the same system that you had before. If you changed out the cassette for the same number of gears you had before, great. If you decided to "upgrade" from 8 speeds to 9 without changing the indexing rear shifter, then that can cause the type of problem you are describing. Dave On Jun 12, 1:51 pm, Joe Bartoe <jbar...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi Anne, > > If this was a sudden sort of event, then check the rear wheel and make sue it > hasn't shifted in the dropouts. If it's in even slightly cock-eyed, it might > cause this problem. I had this happen once when I didn't tighten my skewer > quite enough. > > Joe > > > > > > > Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:50:32 -0700 > > Subject: [RBW] Bad shifting on Atlantis > > From: anne.paul...@gmail.com > > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > > Hoping for a diagnosis here. > > > My Atlantis has developed a shifting problem. When it's on the smaller > > cassette rings (so, higher gears) it can't seem to stay in gear. The > > chain hops around randomly, especially under load. Not the chain or > > cassette- both are brand new. Probably not the derailleur hanger. > > > Cables? Shift levers (they are barcons, and the shifting is indexed)? > > Derailleur? > > > -- > > -- Anne Paulson > > > My hovercraft is full of eels > > _________________________________________________________________ > Insert movie times and more without leaving > Hotmail®.http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
