GX Eagle - shitty shifting solved!!

[Haakon]

I'd probably just buy it from mtbd to be honest. After the change rate and GST the difference is like $2

Nah it was more like $20. I’m not really in a hurry either, it works nicely with the sliver of plastic jammed in and it’s too bloody cold for much riding anyway!

 

[Haakon]

What Mail carrier did you use ?

eBay... so who knows!

 

[teK--]

Nah it was more like $20. I’m not really in a hurry either, it works nicely with the sliver of plastic jammed in and it’s too bloody cold for much riding anyway!

It was $39.something on eBay and $41.95 on mtbd?? I'll prob order one once I can think of other stuff to get free shipping.

 

[Flow-Rider]

eBay... so who knows!

I usually get stuff within 2 weeks with China and Singapore post but made the mistake of using Yanwen Air Mail and takes over a month.

 

[Haakon]

It was $39.something on eBay and $41.95 on mtbd?? I'll prob order one once I can think of other stuff to get free shipping.

Plus 15 or something for shipping I think

 

[Haakon]

I usually get stuff within 2 weeks with China and Singapore post but made the mistake of using Yanwen Air Mail and takes over a month.

I’ve been getting some stuff from China AliExpress in just over a week sometimes lately!

 

[gillyske]

GX mech and X01 bolt kit makes a cheap X01 mech...

But wait until I get the bolt kit and confirm it works for sure!

Has it arrived yet

 

[Haakon]

Has it arrived yet

No dammit... Hopefully this week, and I might even have some energy this weekend between coughing fits for a short test ride!

 

[steve jobs' pancreas]

No dammit... Hopefully this week, and I might even have some energy this weekend between coughing fits for a short test ride!

Well in the meantime I hope you have a suitable perimeter around that bike in case of spontaneous explosion, think of the children you monster©

Disclaimer: I have been watching the Chernobyl mini series.

 

[cdw1008]

Any updates? The suspense is killing me


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[Nambra]

Yeah what’s going on @Haakon, it’s getting to the point that I’m going to butcher my GX and X01 mechs to try for myself. But I’m afraid I’ll end up in the FW thread with no bikes to ride...

 

[Haakon]

Yeah sorry guys, got the flu and it’s been dragging on like a motherfucker... It has arrived and I’ve fitted it. Seems like a winner from a backyard test, but yet to actually ride it - I might do that this weekend....

Although it’s not great riding weather and tomorrow looking worse...

 

[Nambra]

Rest up bud, some bloody nasty bugs around this year.

 

[Haakon]

I did take some photos though. The X01 doesn’t have a soft plastic bush like I expected, it’s a hard almost alloy like bush and it’s not a perfect fit. So there are now two points of play and it does have some - but not nearly as much as th me worn GX item.

I took off the bush and liberally used heavy bearing grease. Managed to mangle on of O rings too dammit...

Ran my hanger tool over it too and reset it to straight - I had a small tweak in deliberately to counter the play in the old GX bolt which had helped a bit.

 

[fatboyonabike]

is that the only component that you used from the kit?,
I have the kit in front of me , and there is a few more goodies in the bag than just the Bbolt and O ring

 

[Dales Cannon]

You know in all this we haven't heard the shifter's side of the story...

 

[fatboyonabike]

You know in all this we haven't heard the shifter's side of the story...

Nobody cares, like we need a logical reason to change and upgrade parts anyway!

 

[born-again-biker]

I think Haakon mentioned earlier that he'd tried a couple of different shifters before looking at the play in the derailleur....?

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[Nambra]

What chain are you running @Haakon, that doesn’t look like a SRAM power link or whatever they call those curved Eagle chain links?

Bloody hell, flu or not, I can see why you’re not out riding looking at that weather forecast! Only got to 23 here in Brissy today, and that blustery weather is supposed to knock it down to 21 or so over the weekend. I’m going to brave it though.

 

[mark22]

I changed the B bolt on a NX Eagle to the one above and can confirm it did improve the shifting performance quite a bit with virtually no play at the B bolt unlike the play original had.
But certainly need that over priced b gap tool to get the clearance correct , found it really hard to "guess" before.