Originally Posted by
noobinsf
I think this thread, starting at post 18, would be helpful. I took apart a Cyclone MK-II apart a couple of years ago, which has the same type of spring, and used this thread as a reference. It's not top of mind because it was so long ago, but my takeaway was that the little tab was easy to lose, so be very careful.
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...nto-place.html
Yeah, it is.
I found that little tab on my floor yesterday evening, doing some cleaning up, and tossed it. It looked like it had broken off of something, sometime in the past...But noooooooo... I rebuilt a Suntour RD for the very first time, just that morning, combining 2 that had broken and missing parts. (no, there is no tab in the other RD, that's the tab I lost, and this RD was missing the Allen nut that holds the spring and the cage to the RD body, so that tab was long gone.).
I found this thread, and the other recommended just now. 🤦Thanks, Murph...
Hard to see how the spring will pop off, but I'm guessing that little tab is there to prevent that.
And I thought things had gone pretty well yesterday...
Cheers, Eric