Originally Posted by
jaxgtr
Have you lubed the springs on the derailleur and how many times have you kicked it. I mean, you might as well have used a 2 lb sledge hammer. Probable now you have bent the hell out of it and no matter what you do it not going to shift as it probably has something binding.
**** walks away shaking head...
Kicking the derailleur to move it over is not that weird or uncommon, and it won't bend if you're careful to hit it dead on. Whats new to me is doing this to a bike where I care about the state of the drivechain. Normally when Ive had to do this its when dealing with bikes that have been abandoned.
I'm not just holding the bike down kicking it a bunch lols. IDK where to add lube to the derailleur, and have pretty much given up on fixing it and just want to ride the bike as is in the least damaging way.