Wow, interesting mod. I've added a longer B-Screw to derailers to get a little more spring tension, not the most elegant solution, but no need to take the derailer body apart. I'm interested to hear how it goes if you do take it apart. Good luck.
On Monday, April 5, 2021 at 5:05:15 AM UTC-7 J Schwartz wrote: > Greetings > I have a couple of older long cage Deore LX, 9-speed Rapid Rise rear > derailleurs in great shape on 2 bikes. > > RD-M580 SGS > > Given the longer chainstays and hence longer chain on my Appa, I'm > thinking it may be advisable to try to increase the spring tension on one > of them. > > I take the bike off-road a lot and there's a lot of slap. I could change > up components but I want to try this first. > > It's my understanding the spring tension can be increased by placing the > spring end into a different hole in the derailleur cage. > > However, from my limited internet research on this, it appears that this > particular derailleur may only provide 1 hole and therefore no > adjustability. > > There's not a lot of info on the Shimano site for this mech. > > So, I'm coming to the group before taking the derailleur apart. > > Does anyone know if that particular derailleur allows spring tension to be > increased? > > Thank you > J Schwartz > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/988e3462-4970-43af-993d-21536d0a1eden%40googlegroups.com.
