Just semi trashed my lovley X0 LTD rear mech...
Just need to swap the carbon cage over now..
Is it a hard job due to the spring tension etc...?
Any help pointers will be great like chaps..
THX Jv.. 😆
SRAM website has a service manual for X.0 rear mechs that covers this.
Yeah I did it on mine, was pretty easy, you need about 4 hands IIRC due to having to 'wind' the mech back on itself before screwing the stop back in.
yes but vice clamp the upper part so that you can unwind the tension in the bottom mech /jockey wheel hanger but easy to do once done
I've trashed the cage, where did you get the new one from?
Cheers All.
Going to attack it later..
toys19.......I have 2 XO rear mechs pal i bought them both at Chainreaction cycles when the flood sale was on at 59.99 each Wise move now im thinking...........
And a friend trashed his mech(not cage) so i gave him 25 notes for the carbon cage so .......to the man cave BATMAN..lol.
Next buy Red jockey wheels im afraid ...BIG SIGH !
you can get the outer cage from ebay or used to be anyway ..not the part tthat attaches to the mech Madison sell them but about the price of a second hand X0
Be cheaper to buy a 2nd hand mech for a donor...maybe.
Would alloy X9 cage fit .??
Never had any issues with the X9 mechs.......
thinking is the X0 bling-weight-to-cash-colour worth it realy
X9 cage is slightly different as I found out a few years ago when I ripped my XO off in the alps, then did the same with the X9 'spare' I took. Fair bit of bodging to get the cage from X9 onto XO, and I coudn't get the whole range of gears.
Thought so as not too much stuff is compatable this day & age eh?
Madison import Shimano, it's Fisher Outdoor for SRAM, and it is a stock part, big money though!
Did it.
Sorted now.
Off to powder coater to back of cage done LOL..
But .......not red.....
If it's a redwin mech then red would look awful anyway, clash of powdercoated and ano red.
White...
but it looks daft with my gold/blue alloy jockey wheels now.
Need RED ones..
Very patriot looking at the moment dont you think..
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Contemplating a Red -white -Blue Chris King headset now ...LOL
They're actually red/silver/blue and don't look that good IMO.
Plain jockeys would look better, red at a push. Tacx ceramic bearing ones? They're white...
So, if anyone on this thread has the carcass of an X.0 Mech left, I could do with a plastic spacer and 2 circlips for the cage pivot axles...
Scienceofficer
Will have a look in cellar mate might have few bits lerking around for one..
