Bottom pull mech on zaskar

dan smith · May 6, 2013

Not sure if tonedeaf101 used m950 or m960 as it changes in the build spec:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=223533

/scratch head

klaw71 · May 6, 2013

This might help as a simple solution http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... p;t=212673

Chopper the ex Copper · May 6, 2013

Can't be sure from those pics but the mech looks too close to the BB to my eye. If it is, then moving it unwound make the cable route less.acute.

dan smith · May 6, 2013

klaw71":2bbbt2bt said:
This might help as a simple solution http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... p;t=212673

Thanks, this could be a temp fix until i get the right mech or work out whats going wrong!

dan smith · May 6, 2013

Chopper1192":1myr9n9a said:
Can't be sure from those pics but the mech looks too close to the BB to my eye. If it is, then moving it unwound make the cable route less.acute.

The height is OK, its a low sitting mech thats why it looks a bit low. The angle just seems so wrong for it to be the right mech for the frame.

I guess there is either a 2nd type of bottom pull mech or the zaskar LE not not use the m950!

gtRTSdh · May 6, 2013

See my thread here:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=212673&hilit=Xizang+M950

dan smith · May 6, 2013

gtRTSdh":3ir15wu1 said:
See my thread here:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=212673&hilit=Xizang+M950

Thanks gtRTSdh, klaw71 has already pointed me to the thread.

My problem is that to the best of my knowledge it is the right mech for the frame/period.

gtRTSdh · May 7, 2013

dan smith":1nvtq07p said:
gtRTSdh":1nvtq07p said:

See my thread here:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=212673&hilit=Xizang+M950

Click to expand...

Thanks gtRTSdh, klaw71 has already pointed me to the thread.

My problem is that to the best of my knowledge it is the right mech for the frame/period.

I assume they left the shops rubbing the frame as in our pictures, I don't understand why the tubes need to meet in the centre of the BB in the way that they do.

legrandefromage · May 7, 2013

Thinking back, I have only ever used two types of mech on my Zaskar in 20 years. An M732 XT and a Proshift. The Proshift was dual pull and from about 1997 and the cable routing was fine.

legrandefromage · May 7, 2013

gtRTSdh":3ldcxve9 said:
dan smith":3ldcxve9 said:

gtRTSdh":3ldcxve9 said:

See my thread here:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=212673&hilit=Xizang+M950

Click to expand...

Thanks gtRTSdh, klaw71 has already pointed me to the thread.

My problem is that to the best of my knowledge it is the right mech for the frame/period.

Click to expand...

I assume they left the shops rubbing the frame as in our pictures, I don't understand why the tubes need to meet in the centre of the BB in the way that they do.

Perhaps the correct mech was used the whole time.

Bottom pull mech on zaskar

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