Rear derailleur cable snapped today out on a ride.
8 speed sora (sora is now 9 speed but bike is from 2013 so was sora at time).
I digress!
On taking old cable off to replace new cable I couldn't get the barrel adjuster back in.
On inspection the thread on the actual derailleur seems to be stripped so the barrel adjuster just won't go in at all.
Given that there is a barrel adjuster on the trigger shifters, can I just take the barrel adjuster off at the rear mech and simply use the adjuster at the shifter to index the shifting?
If it would work, am I best to take out the barrel adjuster all together (at rear mech) or just leave it on but don't screw it in (cos it won't!)
From researching, it seems that some rear mechs don't actually have barrel adjusters where the cable goes through rear mech (apparently).
Don't want to have to buy new rear derailleur.
Any thoughts?
8 speed sora (sora is now 9 speed but bike is from 2013 so was sora at time).
I digress!
On taking old cable off to replace new cable I couldn't get the barrel adjuster back in.
On inspection the thread on the actual derailleur seems to be stripped so the barrel adjuster just won't go in at all.
Given that there is a barrel adjuster on the trigger shifters, can I just take the barrel adjuster off at the rear mech and simply use the adjuster at the shifter to index the shifting?
If it would work, am I best to take out the barrel adjuster all together (at rear mech) or just leave it on but don't screw it in (cos it won't!)
From researching, it seems that some rear mechs don't actually have barrel adjusters where the cable goes through rear mech (apparently).
Don't want to have to buy new rear derailleur.
Any thoughts?