Is my derailleur toast ?

[cyberknight]

Depends on where the looseness is. I took it to be the P pivot rather than the B pivot. Both have springs in the assembly either way.

took the RD off and the whole thing is toast , the main pivots on the Rd body are loose which is where the play is coming from so its into the bin .
Took the RD of the weigh cx and fitted it , attatched the cable and now it seems the shifter is playing up ! Feels like the cable has snapped inside the shifter head again I did recable it recently too .

 

[si_c]

took the RD off and the whole thing is toast , the main pivots on the Rd body are loose which is where the play is coming from so its into the bin .
Took the RD of the weigh cx and fitted it , attatched the cable and now it seems the shifter is playing up ! Feels like the cable has snapped inside the shifter head again I did recable it recently too .

Always happens the moment you touch something, takes ten time slonver than you think it will. Hopefully easy enough to sort it out.