Rear Derailleur/ Shifter problem

Dannysgbb

Me and my friend went mountain on Friday and he started fiddling with the plastic screw thing on my my shimano deore shifters now in low gears i hear this this ticking type sound against my spokes. How do i fix this ???
All help will be appreciated

02gf74

Why did you let her/him? What was he/she trying to achieve?


Your description is a bit vague, do you mean the barrel adjuster,?.


What part of the rear mech is making contact with the spokes.

cooldad

Sort it out quickly or your mech will tangle with the spokes and wreck stuff.

If he fiddled with the barrel adjuster and something is hitting the spokes, you need to adjust the low limit screw.

But first check it isn't just the end of the cable.

And don't let spazwangles fiddle with your bike.

JBA

You're not having much luck with that bike are you, Dannysgbb.

Have a look on the Parktools website (link handily in cooldad's sig) and learn how to set things up yourself. There are hundreds of 'how to' videos on YouTube that will help and educate you as well.
Allowing mates to 'fiddle' with your bike will invariably lead to trouble.

You haven't had the bike long. Has it been back to the bike shop for the free 6-week check that most shops offer? If not, now might be a good time to get it looked at and everything adjusted/set up correctly.

Dannysgbb

cooldad wrote:

Sort it out quickly or your mech will tangle with the spokes and wreck stuff.

If he fiddled with the barrel adjuster and something is hitting the spokes, you need to adjust the low limit screw.

But first check it isn't just the end of the cable.

And don't let spazwangles fiddle with your bike.

I think it might be the end cable. what do i do ?

JBA

If it is just the end of the cable then bend it out of the way.

Killerclown

Turn the little screw with L printed by it on the rear mech clockwise, until you don’t hear the noise anymore. It sounds like it’s not been set properly, and your rear mech is able to get too close to the spokes

cooldad

Don't do this ^^^^^^.
If it's just the end of the cable, as JBA said just bend it.

If the limit screws need adjusting, do it properly. Detach the cable, remove the chain, set high and low limits by eye, reattach cable and fine tune with the barrel adjuster.