Help :(

[Kevin Alexander]

Hi Guys

I was getting a lot of noise from my gears when changing so as a suggestion I tried to index them, big mistake or im hoping its not. I am unable to move the front derailleur wont move out of its current position (in middle) I have tried moving it when cycling in the turbo trainer but although it clicks it doesnt move in order to move the chain up or down.

Any help?

 

[HLaB]

Did you fiddle with the limit screws on the front mech, if not its probably cable snag or jammed mech or shifters. Give everything a good clean and lube before you panic.

 

[Kevin Alexander]

Yeah been trying with trial and error to stop the rattling, now the silly wee screw has been chewing up by my screw driver so cant really move it. Should have maybe left it for the pro's

Yep def f***ed it, back gears arent going all the way down (to hardest) and now the front derailleur wont switch but moves slightly

 

[HLaB]

Oops, too late now but if the front mech was working before it shouldn't have needed anything other than cleaning.
Not watched it all through but this might help

 

[Kies]

Try a different screwdriver, and see if you can remove that screw. If you have messed up the head, it will need replacing before the front mech can be aligned/tuned again.

 

[Kevin Alexander]

Whats my next step mate? take it back to Evans where I bought it and hopefully they can help without screwing me for a service charge since they didnt index the bike correctly?

 

[Kevin Alexander]

Right tried a different screw and I am now noisily getting into all three rings of my front derailleur BUT

My back derailleur is now taking 2 clicks on my gear to go down 1, any advice guys?

 

[Kies]

Pick the smallest cog on the rear and change up one gear, use rear barrel adjuster until the chain jumps up and runs quietly.

Youtube "gear indexing"

 

[Kevin Alexander]

lol to be honest wish i hadnt bothered as this was a fear of mines, screwing it up but i suppose you learn from your mistakes. Got the front bit sorted, now for the back

I dont B by the way haha

 

[Kies]

lol to be honest wish i hadnt bothered as this was a fear of mines, screwing it up but i suppose you learn from your mistakes. Got the front bit sorted, now for the back

I dont B by the way haha

I changed my post as you were past the screw issue! Oops

 

[Kevin Alexander]

Thanks mate, will give it a bash (not literally i hope)

 

[Kies]

You started out with noisey gears?

All you probably needed was a 1/2 turn of the rear deraileur barrel adjustment to move the chain in/or out slightly to stop it rattling on the rear cassette :-)

 

[Kevin Alexander]

Yay, ok I can now access all gears again, noisy as hell though.

I have watched this video
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLqrhFzW8s0


Confidence has taken a bit of a hit, scared incase im not able to fix the problem I CREATE

Sh

 

[Kevin Alexander]

You started out with noisey gears?

All you probably needed was a 1/2 turn of the rear deraileur barrel adjustment to move the chain in/or out slightly to stop it rattling on the rear cassette :-)

Yeah the lower gears were ok but when I started increasing pace and moving up gears it was like a train was coming, not sure with all my fiddling if this is the case.

 

[HLaB]

If you are looking at the back this is the best video ive seen