medium cage slx plates on long cage mech

jay12

hello. i am thinking of getting some medium cage shimano slx plates for my long cage rear mech seeing as i have a duel set up and don't want to spend more money on a medium cage version. so can i just replace the plates to medium length?

Chunkers1980

Don't think so.

You can get the outer plate off but the inner is linked up to the spring.

The only Shimano mech I know of that you defo can replace both of the plates is the XTR none shadow as you can fit those really cheap £120 carbon Yumeya to save about 5 grams - now that's money well spent.

jay12

Chunkers1980 wrote:

Don't think so.

You can get the outer plate off but the inner is linked up to the spring.

The only Shimano mech I know of that you defo can replace both of the plates is the XTR none shadow as you can fit those really cheap £120 carbon Yumeya to save about 5 grams - now that's money well spent.

is it really? i'm sure i took both my plates off before and the mech is tottally fine?

Chunkers1980

I've got a spare SLX in my 'parts bin' - I'll take look in a bit....