Help with vintage derailer

[rorytymon]

Hi I've been trying to find the correct position for a derailer now for about an hour and starting to get frustrated with it as it just doesn't seem to fit anywhere. It was easy enough to get off and begining to think I'm doing something wrong. Any ideas? The bold on the back seems to be stopping it attaching

 

[rorytymon]

Hi I've been trying to find the correct position for a derailer now for about an hour and starting to get frustrated with it as it just doesn't seem to fit anywhere. It was easy enough to get off and begining to think I'm doing something wrong. Any ideas? The bold on the back seems to be stopping it attaching

 

[midlife]

Hi Any pictures of how it is sitting ?

 

[midlife]

Take the rear wheel out and bolt the hanger on like this..

 

[Ajax Bay]

bolt the hanger on like this.

Dropout doesn't seem to have the threaded hole to receive the bolt on the mounting claw, though.

 

[rorytymon]

Hi Any pictures of how it is sitting ?

 

[Sharky]

+1
That's how it should be, but will reduce the length of the slot for the wheel and will reduce the clearance for the tyre against the frame. But there should be enough room.

However, you can get away without the retaining bolt. The bike I am riding on the left was actually a track frame. The frame had rear facing slots and the hanger was forward facing, so no way could I use the retaining bolts. I just used the QR levers to keep everything in place. With your nutted axle it should be even easier.

Good luck

 

[rorytymon]

Take the rear wheel out and bolt the hanger on like this..

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There's nowhere for the bolt to go

 

[rorytymon]

+1
That's how it should be, but will reduce the length of the slot for the wheel and will reduce the clearance for the tyre against the frame. But there should be enough room.

However, you can get away without the retaining bolt. The bike I am riding on the left was actually a track frame. The frame had rear facing slots and the hanger was forward facing, so no way could I use the retaining bolts. I just used the QR levers to keep everything in place. With your nutted axle it should be even easier.

Good luck

So what your saying is I could take the small bolt out and just hope it doesn't fall off?

 

[midlife]

The inside of the bolt slides up the dropout. You can see the inside nut part has two flats that guide it on the inside of the dropout. I'll look for a diagram.

 

[midlife]

http://www.redclovercomponents.com/blog/1

about a page down

 

[midlife]

Have replied on your other thread

 

[Sharky]

So what your saying is I could take the small bolt out and just hope it doesn't fall off?

Yep - worked for me. It won't fall off, it's just like having an extra washer between the frame and wheel nut. Obviously a bit messy when you have to take the wheel off, but it does work.

 

[rorytymon]

http://www.redclovercomponents.com/blog/1

about a page down

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The problem is of o do this, the derailer is upside down? I'm really confused here

 

[Ajax Bay]

http://www.redclovercomponents.com/blog/1

Cracking link @midlife