12 simple steps on how to replace gear cable
- Shift to hardest gear
- Loosen gear cable from rear mech
- Remove dust cover from shifter
- Snip cable end off and pull through from shifter end
- Release clutch in rear mech
- Push rear mech by hand to test limit screws and adjust screws if required
- Feed new cable from the shifter
- Hold the cable outer at the mech end and pull inner to take up slack
- Insert ferral over the inner cable and locate on end of cable outer
- Insert into mech and tighten inner cable to a torq range between 4-7Nm
- Adjust barrel adjust at shifter to fine tune
- Replace dust cap and tidy inner cable
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