Help with rear derailleur

Exumanewbie
Exumanewbie Posts: 48
edited May 2016 in Road beginners
I recently bought a used bike online and got everything put together except for when it came to putting in the rear wheel. It looks like the derailleur, when compared it to online pics is "out of whack" for lack of a better term. The model is a shimano 2300. I have attached a photo of it minus the jockey wheels as i had to take them off to remove a loop in the chain.

My derailleur
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h42/Giles_Sawyer/Mobile%20Uploads/rps20160516_131446_zps7btdrcrc.jpg

How it should look?
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h42/Giles_Sawyer/Mobile%20Uploads/2203-6139-full--31_zps5wd7liol.jpg

Thanks in advance for any help.

Giles

Comments

  • Exumanewbie
    Exumanewbie Posts: 48
    Idk. I put the chain back in the jockey wheels and it still didn't work out. I have a mtb with quick release wheels and a shimano tourney rear derailleur and used that as a guide.
  • johnah
    johnah Posts: 11
    I may be wrong, but should not the spring pull the derailleur in the other direction. Then when the chain is threaded through it will be pulling against the spring tension.
  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,435
    looks odd

    is it mounted correctly? with shimano on the main pivot there's the b-screw that presses against the hanger under spring tension, if he rd is bolted on with this on the wrong side the body ends up in completely the wrong position

    see...

    http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-hel ... -section-5
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  • drlodge
    drlodge Posts: 4,826
    It looks to me like the cage has be taken off, and when put on rotated clockwise instead of anticlockwise to put the spring under load. Take the cage off, and rotate it anticlockwise by just over a turn - I reckon that should put the spring in tension by the right amount and position it where it should be.
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  • SME
    SME Posts: 348
    sungod wrote:
    looks odd

    is it mounted correctly? with shimano on the main pivot there's the b-screw that presses against the hanger under spring tension, if he rd is bolted on with this on the wrong side the body ends up in completely the wrong position

    see...

    http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-hel ... -section-5

    I think pics 3&4 on that link are what you're referring to - the screw should be against the 'stop' to tension the RD.

    But to me it looks like the jockey wheel cage lneeds to turn through 180 deg (relative to the 'parallel mechanism') to put the tension back on it.
  • SME
    SME Posts: 348
    Oops.. Sorry drlodge. Takes a while for me to type on a mobile!
  • drlodge
    drlodge Posts: 4,826
    SME wrote:
    Oops.. Sorry drlodge. Takes a while for me to type on a mobile!

    No worries, good to know that someone else is thinking the same.
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  • bungalballs
    bungalballs Posts: 193
    drlodge wrote:
    It looks to me like the cage has be taken off, and when put on rotated clockwise instead of anticlockwise to put the spring under load. Take the cage off, and rotate it anticlockwise by just over a turn - I reckon that should put the spring in tension by the right amount and position it where it should be.

    This is exactly what I thought, or at least there is something up with the spring. The following link explains how to remove the cage and put it back together properly, it would be worth a try:

    http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/#article-section-3

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