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Hi all,

Had an off yesterday, fairly slow speed, no scratches on the read derailleur, all looks straight... proceeded to ride fine for another couple of hours. The conditions were very muddy and gritty though.

once the drive chain dried out a bit, i.e this morning, I was having issues, gears skipping, back pedaling causes the chain to go slack and fall off into the hub eventually.

Gave it a clean today, got the chain off, all looks fine apart from the upper (closest to cassette) jockey wheel which is very stiff, I can turn it with the tips of my fingers but there's defiantly too much resistance as it makes my finger tips hurt a bit, it's not even close to spinning freely.

So i figure that's the cause, and go to remove it with an allen key only to be greeted with this.. its a brand new Sram X-3, i replaced it as i smashed up my old one about a month ago, with the old x-4 I could undo the jockeys with an allen wrench, this one seems to be rivets?

Any ideas/ thanks.

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