03 xtr rear derailleur adjustement barrel?
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Was I drunk when we adjusted your derailleur? I thought it was there. 
no you weren't drunk but you have been awake for only a few seconds. I think I remember telling you about it and we played around with the shifter barrel on top.Originally posted by Echo
Was I drunk when we adjusted your derailleur? I thought it was there.
Reeeeallly?
Well, there better be a lotta thread at the handle then.
My road bike even has adjusters on the frame at the cable guides. Go figure 
It'd be a good trick to adjust your derailleur while riding with one on the rear 
. But I know what you mean. The one at the shifter is a bit cumbersome to use while the bike is in the stand. Easy while riding though. And the one on the rear is prone to damage. I have a parts drawer full of slightly bent but still servicable derailleur barrel adjusters. As well as ones salvaged from broken derailleurs which are in good shape.
If you need more adjustment than is available with one adjuster than the cable wasn't tightened enough, or you didn't give a good enough Ted Nugent when you first installed it. You should shift a freshly installed gear cable into the lowest gear for regular derailleurs or highest gear for low normal derailleurs and then grab the cable on an open run like across the top tub and pull hard. That helps seat the housings and ferrules so that when you now adjust it, it won't go out in a big way when it seats later.
. But I know what you mean. The one at the shifter is a bit cumbersome to use while the bike is in the stand. Easy while riding though. And the one on the rear is prone to damage. I have a parts drawer full of slightly bent but still servicable derailleur barrel adjusters. As well as ones salvaged from broken derailleurs which are in good shape.If you need more adjustment than is available with one adjuster than the cable wasn't tightened enough, or you didn't give a good enough Ted Nugent when you first installed it. You should shift a freshly installed gear cable into the lowest gear for regular derailleurs or highest gear for low normal derailleurs and then grab the cable on an open run like across the top tub and pull hard. That helps seat the housings and ferrules so that when you now adjust it, it won't go out in a big way when it seats later.