Derailleur cage quesrion
08-03-22, 10:52 AM
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Derailleur cage quesrion
First off, I feel stupid and I’m not sure how this happened. I was looking at my bike hanging in the garage and thought I had a stiff link until I realized I somehow got the chain over the guide between the pulleys. Not sure how many miles, though enough to put some decent grooves in the aluminum cage. Should I put something in the lines of JB Weld into the groves then sand flush in order to keep the structural integrity or just leave it alone?
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First off, I feel stupid and I’m not sure how this happened. I was looking at my bike hanging in the garage and thought I had a stiff link until I realized I somehow got the chain over the guide between the pulleys. Not sure how many miles, though enough to put some decent grooves in the aluminum cage. Should I put something in the lines of JB Weld into the groves then sand flush in order to keep the structural integrity or just leave it alone?
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It is useful to place your thumb on it when rotating the RD to remove the wheel.
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