I just ordered a set of those VO jockey wheels to see if I can get them to work on 70's era Simplex rear der. I have a number of them with worn jockey wheels so fingers crossed, worth a flyer for $10.
On Wednesday, September 17, 2014 6:57:13 AM UTC-7, Mobile Bill wrote: > > In case anyone is counting the teeth on their jockey wheels, be aware I > made a bad assumption: While my older Deore shimano does have 10 teeth, the > slightly newer XT low normal sold by Riv does have the modern count of 11. > (Both needed new wheels --- sorry Joe, I just can't let go of a good > derailleur) Sorry for that bit of confusion. I'll apply the 10-tooth advice > to the older unit. VO has a nice set of 10-tooth replacements on the > website that are the correct diameter, but not currently in stock. > > On Tuesday, September 16, 2014 10:30:32 PM UTC-5, Mobile Bill wrote: >> >> This is generally a conservative bunch, at least mechanically speaking. >> So you understand my desire to keep my 6-year-old low-normal shimano rear >> derailleur going after 20,000 odd miles (Shimano quit making them shortly >> after Riv started promoting them, so can't get new). The jockey wheels are >> shot. Trouble is, it's really hard to find any replacement jockey wheels >> with 10 teeth. Anybody tried an 11-tooth replacement for an old 10 tooth? >> SHouldn't be a chain size issue, but may be a space issue inside the cage? >> If that's not possible, anybody got a clue what so many of us are going to >> do as our old 8-speed derailleurs need normal part replacement. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
