Front Derailleur Cable Routing

Shimano s side swing derailleurs have the cable enter at the front.

Front derailleur cable routing.

Top bottom and dual pull cable routing explained. A front derailleur on a bicycle moves the chain between the 3 front sprockets. Use needle nosed pliers to hold the cable tight and use a 5 mm hex key to tighten the cable fixing bolt. Z pull adjustment of cable tension 1 chain position a b set the chain on to the largest sprocket at the rear and at the front shift the chain to the smallest chainring and then back to the largest chainring.

Use the cable cutter to cut the cable 1 to 2 cm past the bolt and use pinch an end cap on the end. So quick and light shifting is possible. Top bottom and side swing. Front derailleur construction and parts.

English dm rafd001 02 dealer s manual road mtb trekking city touring comfort bike urban sport e bike front derailleur dura ace fd r9100 ultegra fd r8000 105 fd 5801 procedures for cable tension adjustment and top adjustment differ from those of previous models. Route the cable back through the cable routing on the underside of the bottom bracket and back into the cable fixing bolt on the derailleur. During the initial front derailleur setup i noticed that the plastic guide provided with the front derailleur which shows which side the cable routing nut should be positioned indicated the. Here are our latest and greatest hacks for getting the job done.

Home technology components details top swing front derailleur top swing front derailleur because the moving pivot section is set at a higher position and combined with a shorter link the rigidity is higher. It moves the top part of the chain and allows you to shift into different gears. Cable re secure to the front derailleur as shown in the illustration.