SLX RD guide pulley help

3Bears
3Bears Posts: 65
edited October 2011 in MTB workshop & tech
Diagram here:

http://techdocs.shimano.com/media/techd ... 728822.pdf

I removed both pulleys (wish I hadn't), put the bottom tension pulley back, tightened bolt, spun fine, but the top pulley (Centeron) if tightened won't spin, I have to undo the guide pulley bolt a little bit so it turns, is this normal?

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  • Dirtydog11
    Dirtydog11 Posts: 1,621
    3Bears wrote:
    Diagram here:

    http://techdocs.shimano.com/media/techd ... 728822.pdf

    I removed both pulleys (wish I hadn't), put the bottom tension pulley back, tightened bolt, spun fine, but the top pulley (Centeron) if tightened won't spin, I have to undo the guide pulley bolt a little bit so it turns, is this normal?


    No, you should be able to fully tighten both bolts.
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  • 3Bears
    3Bears Posts: 65
    Any reason why tightening the pulley bolt is freezing it - from looking at the exploded diagram, it seems simple enough, don't know what I'm doing wrong? If I tighten the bolt, the inner plate of the cage hits the pulley cupped washers and won't spin.
  • RevellRider
    RevellRider Posts: 1,794
    Did you replace the internal bush when you reassembled everything?
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  • 3Bears
    3Bears Posts: 65
    I didn't remove it, I just took the pulley out, unwound some grass that was stuck in it, and put it back.
  • 3Bears
    3Bears Posts: 65
    RevellRider wrote:
    Did you replace the internal bush when you reassembled everything?

    It must have slipped out - I just found it after searching the back garden, I was lucky I saw a sparkle in the torch light.

    Many thanks.

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