A Very British Klunker
- Thread starter yakboy
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Nabeaquam
BoTM Winner
Nice to see your progress
yakboy
Manitou Fan
So next problem on the agenda is the chain tension. @doctor-bond mentioned the Suntour Cyclone GT had a longer cage, so did a bit of research and there is a VX GT too with a longer cage, so bought a scruffy example from eBay and after a @Peachy! standard of degreasing and polishing, got it looking fairly decent. Pic below comparing the VX to the VX-GT.
So attatched it and using the same chain length and winding the b screw all the way in I get reasonable tension. It's still too tight to put on both big rings but if I have a longer chain I may sacrifice tension in the granny gears, will probably leave for now but may try a longer b screw with a longer chain and see if we can maintain tension.
So attatched it and using the same chain length and winding the b screw all the way in I get reasonable tension. It's still too tight to put on both big rings but if I have a longer chain I may sacrifice tension in the granny gears, will probably leave for now but may try a longer b screw with a longer chain and see if we can maintain tension.
yakboy
Manitou Fan
Todays job swapping out the brake shoes. Required a little fettling with an extra washer as there was a slight difference between the old and new.
All fitted and working well, but thereis a bit of lateral wobble of the axle on the non brake side, just looking at the hub body and the axle below I was wondering if there should be a locking washer abutting up to the hub body? Does anybody here have experience of this?
All fitted and working well, but thereis a bit of lateral wobble of the axle on the non brake side, just looking at the hub body and the axle below I was wondering if there should be a locking washer abutting up to the hub body? Does anybody here have experience of this?
yakboy
Manitou Fan
Thanks...Really pleased now it's finished and I really enjoyed the journey to get there. Felt at one with the guys in Marin.
