[Yak] Front derailleur and middle chain ring

[John S. Allen]

At 10:45 PM 8/25/2008, Geof Gee wrote:

>Assuming that the upper part of the cage is parallel to the 
>chainrings and the outer ring is vertically parallel to the outer 
>cage, it sounds like your derailer is bent.  You can bend it back 
>into the proper shape.
>
>Note that it is possible that the derailer mount and cage are 
>bent.  I recall a post from Tim Link -- BF Mechanic -- that had a 
>suggestion on how to bend the mount back into proper alignment.

I don't see any evidence that the cage is bent, though it might 
possibly be. But clearly, the lower cage plate extends down too far 
to work with the tooth number difference between the outer and middle 
chainrings.

John S. Allen

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