How to get housing seated into shifter barrel adjuster

Asked by: Jason Barrera

How do you adjust the barrel adjuster on a shifter?

Quote from video: Just tighten the barrel back in fully. And then out one or two. Turn. Make sure you're on the furthest outward shift position and the smallest cogs then remove the slack from the cable at the pinch.

How do you reset a barrel adjuster?

Quote from video: And these have little clicks some of them you can feel you can go click click maybe one or two clicks at a time or just give it a turn maybe do a quarter turn or half turn at a time and then test.

How do I change my shifter housing?

Quote from video: Out of the rear derailleur take a little pinching off all right up at the shifter. End. We're going to remove. It's almost like a little rubber screw on the Shimano.

How does a shifter barrel adjuster work?

Barrel adjusters are small cups that have a hole in the bottom, and are screwed into different points around your bike. They are usually located by your brake levers, brake calipers, gear levers, and derailleurs. They work by increasing the amount of distance an inner cable will travel.

How do you adjust Shimano adjuster barrels?

Quote from video: If you feel like you're up to it you can pedal with one hand make your adjustment with your other hand. Just keep an easy pedal cadence I'm going to continue to turn it inward going down like that.

How do you install a barrel adjuster?

Quote from video: Here I'm going to slide the barrel adjuster on there. And get it up in there and then get the other end of the little part of cable here and slide this on.

Is my barrel adjuster broken?

turn the barrel adjuster anti-clockwise if you don’t see it moving out as your turn it, something is broken. if it’s in more than one piece, it’s broken.

How do you screw in a barrel adjuster?

Quote from video: Same thing never you draw it one shift. Down that's good dropping down good. Now hopefully we cover some scenarios that you may be running into.

Are barrel adjusters universal?

Quote from video: And inline barrel adjuster can sit anywhere in a section of outer cable.

Should I replace shifter cable housing?

If your cable housing is old and stiff, or damaged, it’s a good idea to replace them to improve your braking and shifting. So how do you know how much length you will need? It’s easy if your old cables are still attached as you can simply measure them, but sometimes you’ll need to measure them manually.

Can I use brake housing for shifter cables?

It’s really not recommended. Brake cable housings have a coiled metal spiral embedded in them, while compressionless shift cables have a series of tiny round wires running parallel along the length of housing. If you were to use brake cable housings on shift cables the result can be very poor shifting.

Should I change cable housing?

Housing most commonly needs replacement when the lubrication in the liner has washed or otherwise worn away, or if contaminants have worked their way inside. Either of these is difficult to see, but will affect the movement of the cable within the housing.

How do you replace a rear derailleur barrel adjuster?

Quote from video: And pull this through so let's go ahead and pull this cable barrel adjuster let's unscrew all the way out and pull this cable out. So we can replace it with the new barrel.

How do you adjust a front derailleur barrel adjuster?

Turn the barrel adjuster clockwise (a quarter turn at a time) to move the derailleur cage inward, away from the chain surface. Turn it the counterclockwise direction to move the cage outward.

How do you adjust the limit on a B screw?

Quote from video: Help out the little fellow by first pulling the derailleur body back make the adjustments that you want and then put the derailleur back in its normal. Position.

Which way do you turn a brake barrel adjuster?

Quote from video: So let's say these brakes are too loose. They're not responding very well what you'd like to do is unscrew the barrel adjuster imagine you're looking down in this direction. Give it a few turns.

How do you adjust a front derailleur barrel adjuster?

Turn the barrel adjuster clockwise (a quarter turn at a time) to move the derailleur cage inward, away from the chain surface. Turn it the counterclockwise direction to move the cage outward.

What happens if front derailleur is too high?

Derailleur Alignment & Positioning



Most front derailleurs can be adjusted for height and rotation. If the cage is set too high over the largest ring, it may not perform well. Too high a cage can cause a slow shift, and can allow the chain to shift over the largest ring.

Should you adjust the front or rear derailleur first?

In a nutshell, adjust the front derailleur first, then the rear. Show activity on this post. If the derailers just need minor tweaking (they are basically in adjustment but are “not quite right”) then you adjust the one that is obviously wrong, check the overall adjustment again, then again adjust what needs adjusting.