It sounds as if you are turning the adjuster the wrong way. Perhaps back it off, ensuring that the small cog stop screw is properly adjusted.
I find it hard to imagine how a friction setup will cause problems, unless the cable is too tight, or unless there is something preventing the cable from relaxing fully. One remedy: toss the DA shifters and install Silvers. Absolutely the best I've used, including Retrofriction and PowerRatchets, and IME, better for frictioning 9 by bar end even than by down tubers. On my Fargo, with a bastard 13-27 9, composed of orphan cogs and 9 sp spacers, the Silver BES's shift precisely all up and down the cassette. On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 6:22 PM, 'Tim' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Here's the deal: I've adjusted my derailers often but I can't get the rear > shifting right on my Hilsen. I have DuraAce bar ends which I've been using > in friction mode for about a year and a half. I have a brand new rear > cassette, 9-speed, brand new chain and chain rings. I use Sheldon's method > when setting things up. I shift to the highest gear (when the cable is > loosest) with the cable disconnected. I pull the cable until it is just > snug, then tighten the bolt. I leave about 1 available turn on each barrel > adjuster (there are two for the rear cable) to loosen the cable if need be, > which leaves the much more room for the barrel adjusters to tighten it. I > can't seem to get the shifting to stay still in the lowest 3 gears. It > skips back and forth. It will be ok if there's not too much of a load on > the pedals but it wants to wander when I'm climbing. This is the case in > all three chainrings. What gives?!? I keep tightening the barrel adjusters > 1/2 turn at a time and can't seem to get it right. I loosen and that's no > help either. When I go to the very lowest gear (requiring the most cable > tension) it stays in place fine. So what do you all think, is the cable too > tight or too loose? > > -- > 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. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************* *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante -- 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.
