slipping gears - help
rkdj
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help guys !!
when i am cycling along my gears have started to slip or jump - rear gears only thank god!! happens without warning but is really annoying - how do i fix this
when i am cycling along my gears have started to slip or jump - rear gears only thank god!! happens without warning but is really annoying - how do i fix this
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Could be several causes. Does it jump every time the same bit of chain comes round (maybe about every 2 revs of the pedal)? If so then most likely cause is a stiff link. Try to find where this is and wiggle the chain sideways a few times - as if trying to bend it (but not too hard). Other causes might be:
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the chain needs cleaning/lubricating
the gears need adjusting - check if the jockey wheels line up exactly with the sprocket
the sprockets and/or the chain are worn out
you have fitted a new chain with an old cassette or vice-versa
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careful wrote:Could be several causes. Does it jump every time the same bit of chain comes round (maybe about every 2 revs of the pedal)? If so then most likely cause is a stiff link. Try to find where this is and wiggle the chain sideways a few times - as if trying to bend it (but not too hard). Other causes might be:
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the chain needs cleaning/lubricating
the gears need adjusting - check if the jockey wheels line up exactly with the sprocket
the sprockets and/or the chain are worn out
you have fitted a new chain with an old cassette or vice-versa
What he said. ^
Most probably cause is the gears aren't correctly aligned. Usually requires a few turns on the little barrel adjuster on the rear mech to fix.
Next more common problem is a worn out chain or worn out cassette.
Either way - if you're not too mechanically inclined, a quick trip to the bike shop will sort you out.0 -
I agree with all the above....
However, my "exactly" the same problem was caused by the gear hanger being bent out by approx 2 mm. I must have knocked the gears on a tree or rock. This was on a mountain bike by the way, not a road bike.
Took me 2 weeks of fiddling on to realise it wasn't the gears or chain or cassette - Doh!CAAD9
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thanks for that - off home to spend an hour so in the garage!!older, balder, faster, slimmer, better0