Here's what I would have appreciated from your vid (you are asking): importance of teeth amount & jokey wheel diameters in millimetres, the differences between ceramic bearings and ordinary, the materials the wheels are made from along with explanations, eg would alloy jockeys wear chains faster than plastic and finally for those pulleys with zero markings on the wheel - the recommended newton metres to tighten. As many have reiterated, why did you remove the chain links and rear wheel making more work for yourself and requiring extra tools?
Thanks for your detailed feedback! You've made some excellent points, and I can see how those additional details would have been helpful. I will put this on my to do list to answer all these questions in a clear video. Stay tuned!
SRAM has directional jockey wheels. Nothing in the video tells which direction the upper and lower should be installed. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hey, the fit the Sram jockey wheels in the correct direction you need to make sure that the letter L (if you are fitting it as a lower jockey wheel) or U (if you are fitting it as a top jockey wheel) is facing outward so that you can actually see the letter u on the bottom jockey wheel and the letter l on the top jockey wheel when looking at the derailleur from the front. I hope this clarifies things for you. If you have any further questions or need more information, feel free to ask. 🙂
Hi and massive apologies for not getting back to you sooner! You’ve most likely solved your problem by now, but I hope you don’t mind me answering anyway. The pulley with the letter "A" is the guide pulley (which goes on the top), and the one with the letter "B" is the tension pulley (which goes on the bottom). They should also have directional arrows on them, so make sure to fit them correctly.
Hey, thanks for your question. The best way is to check the compatibility on si.shimano website. Generally, this should be possible but you might need to adjust the chain length to accommodate the new pulley wheels. A longer chain may be required for larger pulleys. I hope this is helpful and let me know how you got on🙂
Hey, thanks for your comment. That's interesting. I've been in touch with the Sram tech centre and they said that you can use them as both top and bottom pulleys as long as they are the same size and have no directional orientation. You need to make sure that the letter L (if you are fitting it as a lower jockey wheel) or U (if you are fitting it as a top jockey wheel) is facing outward so that you can actually see the letter u on the bottom jockey wheel and the letter l on the top jockey wheel when looking at the derailleur from the front. I hope this clarifies things for you. If you have any further questions or need more information, feel free to ask. 🙂
Hi, thanks for the comment. Great that you can do this without removing the chain🙂. What is so different about our channel is that we do not show here how we can do things but rather how the viewer (who is often new to cycle maintenance) can tacle the task with less chances to make a mistake and potentailly fail. I hope this makes sense🙂
i was about to write that you dont need to rmeove chain..when i saw comment about it already exists :D To remove wheel people have to buy tools and so on... so people instantly will pay money and get it done in service :D
Hi Tom, thanks for the comment. To a certain point, you're right. Many maintenance tasks can be performed in different ways. Just like you don't have to remove the wheel to repair a puncture, although most people would. In our channel, we show people how they can perform a repair in a methodical way so they can master it before trying more trickier techniques. Let me know if this makes sense?
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y, you're most welcome. If you have any bike-related questions or need further guidance, feel free to get in touch.🙂
Here's what I would have appreciated from your vid (you are asking): importance of teeth amount & jokey wheel diameters in millimetres, the differences between ceramic bearings and ordinary, the materials the wheels are made from along with explanations, eg would alloy jockeys wear chains faster than plastic and finally for those pulleys with zero markings on the wheel - the recommended newton metres to tighten. As many have reiterated, why did you remove the chain links and rear wheel making more work for yourself and requiring extra tools?
Thanks for your detailed feedback! You've made some excellent points, and I can see how those additional details would have been helpful. I will put this on my to do list to answer all these questions in a clear video. Stay tuned!
Thanks
You're welcome.🙂 Let me know if there's anything else you would like to see on my channel.
SRAM has directional jockey wheels. Nothing in the video tells which direction the upper and lower should be installed. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hey, the fit the Sram jockey wheels in the correct direction you need to make sure that the letter L (if you are fitting it as a lower jockey wheel) or U (if you are fitting it as a top jockey wheel) is facing outward so that you can actually see the letter u on the bottom jockey wheel and the letter l on the top jockey wheel when looking at the derailleur from the front. I hope this clarifies things for you. If you have any further questions or need more information, feel free to ask. 🙂
Thank you so much! Could not get a definitive answer on Sram site! @@cyclemaintenanceacademy
I've bought BBB jockey wheels, and they say A and B - not "up" and "down" or "guide" and "tension" or whatever.
So which one is up in the top? A or B?
Hi and massive apologies for not getting back to you sooner! You’ve most likely solved your problem by now, but I hope you don’t mind me answering anyway. The pulley with the letter "A" is the guide pulley (which goes on the top), and the one with the letter "B" is the tension pulley (which goes on the bottom). They should also have directional arrows on them, so make sure to fit them correctly.
Can I replace the stock pulley of RD 4700 GS with 12T 14T pulley?
Hey, thanks for your question. The best way is to check the compatibility on si.shimano website. Generally, this should be possible but you might need to adjust the chain length to accommodate the new pulley wheels. A longer chain may be required for larger pulleys. I hope this is helpful and let me know how you got on🙂
My bike runs SRAM Apex 1 and both jockey wheels have U on one side and L on the other
Hey, thanks for your comment. That's interesting. I've been in touch with the Sram tech centre and they said that you can use them as both top and bottom pulleys as long as they are the same size and have no directional orientation. You need to make sure that the letter L (if you are fitting it as a lower jockey wheel) or U (if you are fitting it as a top jockey wheel) is facing outward so that you can actually see the letter u on the bottom jockey wheel and the letter l on the top jockey wheel when looking at the derailleur from the front. I hope this clarifies things for you. If you have any further questions or need more information, feel free to ask. 🙂
there is no need to remove the chain
Hi, thanks for the comment. Great that you can do this without removing the chain🙂. What is so different about our channel is that we do not show here how we can do things but rather how the viewer (who is often new to cycle maintenance) can tacle the task with less chances to make a mistake and potentailly fail. I hope this makes sense🙂
i was about to write that you dont need to rmeove chain..when i saw comment about it already exists :D To remove wheel people have to buy tools and so on... so people instantly will pay money and get it done in service :D
Hi Tom, thanks for the comment. To a certain point, you're right. Many maintenance tasks can be performed in different ways. Just like you don't have to remove the wheel to repair a puncture, although most people would. In our channel, we show people how they can perform a repair in a methodical way so they can master it before trying more trickier techniques. Let me know if this makes sense?