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[Closed] rear mech adjustment help

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The chain on my giant glory has gone slack. It happened a few months ago and when i took it to a mechanic he said he just had to adjust one of the screws on the rear mech (shimano zee) and it was sorted. After a few months its happened again but I can't remember what I need to adjust or which way to adjust it

Any help you can offer will be gratefully received

cheers

james


 
Posted : 06/10/2019 2:16 pm
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It'll have been the B-tension screw that he adjusted, but once it's done, it shouldn't really need doing again. I'd check that the pivot that the cage rotates on hasn't seized up.


 
Posted : 06/10/2019 2:43 pm
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excellent cheers


 
Posted : 06/10/2019 2:55 pm
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Check that the mech hasn't become disengaged from the stop on the frame - the lug on the rear mech can break / get bent. If you twist the tech anti-clockwise around the mounting screw / pivot does it spring back? Not unknown for the torsion spring to break / corrode - in most cases the rear mech is toast.


 
Posted : 06/10/2019 3:40 pm
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Something jammed or grindy in the clutch perhaps?


 
Posted : 07/10/2019 9:51 am
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Or it's the usual - bent hanger.


 
Posted : 07/10/2019 10:08 am