Here's the photo of the cable routed correctly on a not-identical derailleur.
http://softsolder.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/dsc03170-front-derailleur-cable-broken-strand.jpg On Jul 16, 2:57 pm, William <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree it's not a problem, but from your photos it does appear that > you have your cable routed wrong. > > In that third photo, the anchor bolt thread into the derailleur arm. > On the arm is a bump, an appendage, a knubby thing. The cable is > supposed to wrap OVER that knubby thing. From the picture, it looks > like you have it neatly tucked UNDER that knubby thing. > > With the cable routed the way you appear to have it, a couple things > are going to happen. The potentially good thing is that your shifting > will feel faster. The derailleur will move farther with a smaller > move of the shiftlever. The bad things are twofold. One is you are > putting more bending strain on the cable routed that way, so it will > fail sooner. Whether sooner is 9 years instead of 10, or 1 year > instead of 10 is hard to predict. The second thing is that with the > faster moving derailleur geometry, it's trickier to trim out the rubs > with delicate shifter moves. > > I recommend you confirm that the cable is routed correctly, completely > independent of whether it touches that cylinder. > > On Jul 16, 2:41 pm, Thomas Lynn Skean <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Here are really grainy photos of my setup: > > >http://home.comcast.net/~thomaslynnskean/site/?/photos/ > > > first picture is when the chain is on the middle chain ring, (barely) > > showing the cable straight and clear > > > second picture is when the chain is on the inner chain ring, (barely) > > showing the cable bending around the black cylinder > > > third picture is simply showing how the cable is anchored, which is > > apparently the way the derailer intends to have the cable anchored, in > > that there is a slight "channel" under where the anchor bolt squeezes > > and the cable is lined up with it > > > As I say, the interference appears to affect nothing. So (especially > > knowing that the black cylinder need not roll at all) I'm fine with it > > as it is. And that's good, because I can't see that I can avoid the > > interference. > > > Thanks for helping me look into this! > > > Yours, > > Thomas Lynn Skean > > > On Jul 15, 8:36 pm, Ginz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I had a look and, yes, my cable touches the black cylinder as well. > > > I, too, find it a bit odd but seems harmless. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
