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"Micheal Artindale" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I think I can fix my chain problem, with out replacing a single chain

ring.

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I was oiling my chain today, and when it was in the lowest gear (small
front, big back) i noticed it skipping. I played with my derailer,
adjusting, and moving it around..... well, the adjustment did something,
but................ that isnt my problem.

The part of my derailer that has the 2 gears -- dont know what its called,

Its called the rear derailleur (or rear mech)... the gears you refer to are
the jockey wheels.

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is leaning outward. If I am right, that should not happen. Should it?

No, it should hang straight down.

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I will go to my LBS and see what they think, also, i will check out a new
bike... and see if it does the same, if it doesnt, then im getting a new
derailer, and hopefully that fixes it.....hopefully

More likely the rear mech hangar is bent. Bent mine was last week and it had
similar effects - skipping gears and when I checked the mech was not hanging
straight. Take the rear mech off and have a look. If the hangar is bent then
hopefully you have a bolted on mech hangar that you can take off and either
replace or bend back into shape.

Steve.

Micheal Artindale said:

The part of my derailer that has the 2 gears -- dont know what its called,

It's called the 'cage', I think.

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is leaning outward. If I am right, that should not happen. Should it?

No. It's highly unlikely that you've actually just bent the mech cage,
more likely is that you've bent the derailleur hanger. Your LBS should be
able to clarify, and bend it back in to place if necessary.

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More likely the rear mech hangar is bent. Bent mine was last week and
it had similar effects - skipping gears and when I checked the mech
was not hanging straight. Take the rear mech off and have a look. If
the hangar is bent then hopefully you have a bolted on mech hangar
that you can take off and either replace or bend back into shape.

Steve.

If your housings are all gunked up, that can affect shifting too. Although I
had new cables put in this spring, the housings weren't replaced, and it
wasnt until I went back and had both cables AND housing replaced that I
finally got good shifting results

Penny