Clutch derailleur
mxh
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My Shimano XT RD got 'stuck' the other day, meaning that the cage wouldn't move and therefore wouldn't take up the chain slack.
I pulled apart the clutch (first time I've done this) and it seems that water has got in there and it was all a bit 'gunked up'. All cleaned and re-greased now, although I still had to back off the adjustment of the clutch tension a little to get the cage to move when the clutch was 'on'.
Although it now works again, there doesn't seem to be much difference between 'clutch on' and 'clutch off' - are there any other tips and tricks to servicing the XT clutch setups - I've seen a few bits about the older XTR ones, but would be good to know what grease is recommended (if you should you be using it at all), recommended tensions etc etc
I pulled apart the clutch (first time I've done this) and it seems that water has got in there and it was all a bit 'gunked up'. All cleaned and re-greased now, although I still had to back off the adjustment of the clutch tension a little to get the cage to move when the clutch was 'on'.
Although it now works again, there doesn't seem to be much difference between 'clutch on' and 'clutch off' - are there any other tips and tricks to servicing the XT clutch setups - I've seen a few bits about the older XTR ones, but would be good to know what grease is recommended (if you should you be using it at all), recommended tensions etc etc
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did you adjust the tension as per manual?0
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Should it be greased, and if so did you use the right grease, the clutch is a friction damper and grease has a habit of removing friction (or at least reducing it significantly).Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.0
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Uli wrote:did you adjust the tension as per manual?
I didn't know there was a manual - I just backed off the tension enough so that the cage would move.The Rookie wrote:Should it be greased, and if so did you use the right grease
Those were the questions that I was hoping someone might answer!0 -
Have you read the Shimano technical documentation, I'm on my iPad at the moment so it's a PITA, will check on the laptop later.Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.0