What happens when your rear mech does this...

[Copey]

Chaps,

I hope you can see the pin thingy holding the tension in place has fallen out of an otherwise very nice and clean XT rear mech.. I would hate to scrap it.. I wanted it for my winter bike...

Any suggestions?

Cheers

mark

 

[stew-b]

the top hole is for the jockey wheel bolt,the lower is for a stop pin that does nothing at all unless your chain ever snaps.

 

[Copey]

So, the chain keeps it tensioned unless it snaps?

If the chain snaps, then the rear mech will go "boing" and dig into the frame a bit..??

I guess thats ok..

 

[Iwasgoodonce]

You should be able to bodge something with a Mechano bolt or something similar, or even a pop rivet.

 

[Copey]

I will look at bodging a bolt in there or something.

 

[Copey]

THE BODGE WAS A SUCCESS..

CHEERS

 

[tenbikes]

I don't know what you used, but I did the same bodge with one of the little 'bolt' thingies that adjust the reach in brake levers

 

[legrandefromage]

check out older shimano mechs, the stop is threaded and they fit later models such as this one.