Barrel Screw wows

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Last year i was screwing around with the barrel adjusters too (no pun intended). I wound up totally messing up my shifting and took it in to get a tune-up. Turned out I had actually stripped one of the barrel adjusters- not hard to do because they are somewhat soft plastic. The LBS got everything squared away beautifully and I am more careful now. It sure is easy to lose track of which diection and how much you turned it last.

More like barrel adjusters "d'Oh!"s than woes.

[coyote]

More like barrel adjusters "d'Oh!"s than woes.

True words were never spoken...maybe I shouldn't have used the wrench

[madscot13]

Okay I noticed that I can only get my lowest and highest gears on my cassette. I tried to fix it by twisting the barrell, but that wasn't doing much. So I untwisted the barrell and tried to pull it tight that way. BUT I must have stripped that bolt or something because now it won't go on and I am peeved! I think i will bike around tomorrow with only three gears! This might be rough!

[madscot13]

Forget what I just posted. I fixed it! Ha ha ha. I switched out the specialty derailler nut for whatever I had lying around. I think the nut was dethreaded or whatever you call it. Switches gears easy now. I am mastress of the bike (NOT matress!) Bwa ha ha.