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Fifelad

Veteran
Location
Carnock,Fife
Was changing the front derailleur cable a job I have done before successfully. On inserting a new cable before anything else had been tightened up I couldn’t get the gear lever to click up into the position that would be to change up into the big front ring. Took the cable out and works perfectly. From the photo I can’t help think the cable end should sit further in more snuggly, but it’s definitely a gear cable and not a brake cable with the larger end. Yet on comparing it with my other bikes cable end it’s recessed further into the housing. Is this cable sat correctly ?
Am I being completely stupid here ??
 

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Is this cable sat correctly ?
No.
You are right it should be further in than that. It should slot into the mechanism behind the black plate. Sometimes need a thin screwdriver to jiggle it into place.
 
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