Thanks all for your replies and insight. I took another look at the cage and there's no play between the cage plates and the main body, it won't change alignment when it's under tension with a chain installed. Also eyeballing the cage it's definitely out of square with the derailer body and the hanger bolt.
@Joe Bernard: Yes, it's out of alignment in all positions. @Eric Norris: There's no play in the cage, if I add some tension with a chain it pivots but it's still out of alignment. @row2nowhere: As two other derailers work just fine on the same bike I am fairly confident it's not the hanger. @Bill Lindsay: I had a similar thought but the threads are in good shape and I was careful not to cross-thread when I installed. @Daniel M: No evidence of an accident as far as I can see. Some lite scrapes and scuffs you might expect on a derailer from 1997. @Patrick: Yes, it might be time to try some gentle persuasion if not finesse! On Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 10:39:53 AM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: > No need for a bench vise for the necessary torquing. I recall fixing a > similar problem on a RD whose make and model I've long forgotten (tho' 8-sp > XTs have long be a favorite) by sticking a 12"-long screwdriver into the > cage the shoving it in the right direction. The RD worked fine after that. > > As always, proceed at your own risk. > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 1:15 PM Eric Marth <eric...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey hey hey everyone. I recently picked up a Shimano XTR rapid rise mech, >> the M951. When it came in the mail all seemed good to go. Nice and clean! >> But I went to install it on my Appaloosa and found the cage is out of >> alignment. Picture attached. The pulley wheels are not vertically aligned >> with the cogs of the cassette. >> >> I had a 2021 Deore rear mech on the bike when I started, it was working >> fine. I ended up putting a XTR M952 on the bike and it works great! So the >> issue is definitely with this rapid rise XTR. >> >> Can anyone recommend a fix for this? I wanted to check with the group, >> seek some wisdom, before I mounted the mech in my bench vise and started >> torquing. >> >> Thanks! >> >> [image: s-l1600.jpg] >> >> -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a3d07de0-f516-443f-be29-30c887589f46n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a3d07de0-f516-443f-be29-30c887589f46n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/bde1a16e-4bae-4933-baf0-431f5fee2158n%40googlegroups.com.
