Front Derailleur Cable Routing

Use needle nosed pliers to hold the cable tight and use a 5 mm hex key to tighten the cable fixing bolt.

Front derailleur cable routing. Shimano s side swing derailleurs have the cable enter at the front. 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. This is a new standard introduced in shimano 11 speed mountain bike currently on m9000 xtr and m8000 xt. So quick and light shifting is possible.

They re commonly attached to mountain bikes so you can adjust the gears for different terrain to make it easier to pedal the bike. A front derailleur on a bicycle moves the chain between the 3 front sprockets. Cable re secure to the front derailleur as shown in the illustration. Bikes with internal cables can be notoriously difficult to service.

Use the cable cutter to cut the cable 1 to 2 cm past the bolt and use pinch an end cap on the end. 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. Top bottom and side swing. Here are our latest and greatest hacks for getting the job done.

Top bottom and dual pull cable routing explained. 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. Front derailleur construction and parts.