Gear cable headaches!
jakebrown11
Posts: 18
Hi all,
I'm new to the forum as of about 5 minutes ago. I have been saving away bike parts to build myself an on-one 456 ss for over a year now and i have just started to put it together now as i have all the parts. It was all going swimmingly until i attempted to run the gear cable through the front and rear derailleur's. I had it all wired up and i tried shifting to see if it would work and the cable housing slipped through the guides on the frame, removing all cable tension an rendering shifting impossible. I have tried everything i can think of but i can't fix the problem. Any suggestions? or am i missing something obvious?
Thanks
Jake
I'm new to the forum as of about 5 minutes ago. I have been saving away bike parts to build myself an on-one 456 ss for over a year now and i have just started to put it together now as i have all the parts. It was all going swimmingly until i attempted to run the gear cable through the front and rear derailleur's. I had it all wired up and i tried shifting to see if it would work and the cable housing slipped through the guides on the frame, removing all cable tension an rendering shifting impossible. I have tried everything i can think of but i can't fix the problem. Any suggestions? or am i missing something obvious?
Thanks
Jake
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Oh , i forgot to mention it's an SLX drivertain with the double and bash variant of the crankset up front.
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Have you put Ferrules on the cable ends?0
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Erm... the caps /covers that came with the gear cable housing are on if that's what those are?0
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Yep thats what they are for, can you get a pic up?0
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(Front of rear cable housing , ignore the cable tie, for some reason i thought it would fix it)
This all happened when i tried to shift , looked ok before..0 -
I can't see those myself so here's the links :
http://s1247.photobucket.com/albums/gg6 ... AG0236.jpg
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Looks like the cable guides are for a fully shielded cable rather than exposed0
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Ok, does this mean i'm going to need to buy something?
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Yes, cable guides not stops. Full length outers.I don't do smileys.
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Will these be compatible with my slx shifters? or do i need new specialised ones, also could someone send me a link to some suiable cables?0
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Just normal cable outers, but instead of cutting them into bits, you just run the full length from shifter to mech.I don't do smileys.
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AHA ! Fantastic, I feel such an idiot for this, i never even considered it when i spent the best part of my student loan on a drivetrain ! Thanks all , i'm relived as i'm skint now !0
