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Would a 10 speed rear derailleur work on a 7 speed cassette?

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Old 08-07-18, 03:05 AM
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Would a 10 speed rear derailleur work on a 7 speed cassette?

its only a temporary solution until my groupset comes next week, i have a 10s tiagra rear derailleur hanging around tho, would that work on my 7s cassette, 7s tourney sti?
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Old 08-07-18, 04:05 AM
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Yes.
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I am thinking it would not.
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Which version of Tiagra 10 speed derailleur? Do you have an indexed shifter? A Tiagra 4700 derailleur will not work with a 7 speed indexed shifter. A Tiagra 4600 will. If you have a friction shifter, either will work
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It would if you have friction shifters.
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A 10sp dérailleur might not fit the wider 7sp chain.

This site: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Bicycl...ing_Dimensions implies that Shimano derailleurs all have the same motion ratio. If that is true, the index clicks ought to work, but I'm not a Shimano expert.
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The rear derailleur moves continuously in (cable pull) and out (return spring)
between the stroke limit screw settings [high normal type]
"speeds" is the number count of the stack of cogs on the rear wheel..
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[QUOTE=Caliper;20492949]A 10sp dérailleur might not fit the wider 7sp chain.

It worked but theres alot of noise compared to the old 7s rd
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Originally Posted by fietsbob
The rear derailleur moves continuously in (cable pull) and out (return spring)
between the stroke limit screw settings [high normal type]
"speeds" is the number count of the stack of cogs on the rear wheel..
except a 4700 rd is speed specific
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Its the chrome version man, its the 4601 version
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Originally Posted by mstateglfr
except a 4700 rd is speed specific
Did Shimano make the motion ratio different on that model?
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There are varying Shimano derailleur swing ratios, i cannot use my classy polished Tiagra derailleur with my 10sp XT shifter, because the XT is Dyna-Sys and the Tiagra is not. So i have to use the yobbo XT derailleur.
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