Flow-Rider
Burner
He did say "B screw bolt" Ones a bolt and the other is a screw.
GX Eagle - shitty shifting solved!!
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Haakon
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Mostly I was just too lazy to take some photos... The B Bolt has some nice wear on it, and you can see where the bore of the body is just die cast and not machined out - ie crappy tolerances...
Flow-Rider
Burner
Yeah looks cheap, I'm assuming this is a newish 12 or 11 speed, I've only ever owned Shimano drive gear bar 1 bike and only seen an old 8 speed altus derailleur worn enough at the hanger bolt to caused issues. Possibly shimano has a few failures too but they seem to get the mileage out of them.
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rowdyflat
chez le médecin
We have about 15 bikes in our arsenal all Shimano deailleurs.
Never been tempted w SRAM and after this gouge .
It looks like a deliberately crappy job to differentiate from the better stuff.
IMHO the 12 speed eagle 10 -50 is over the top and hopefully will die an early death like Trump.
Never been tempted w SRAM and after this gouge .
It looks like a deliberately crappy job to differentiate from the better stuff.
IMHO the 12 speed eagle 10 -50 is over the top and hopefully will die an early death like Trump.
Flow-Rider
Burner
I don't think sram are going too well out of geo blocking, already seen a recal on one of their lower fork legs.
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Figured this is the best place to ask this stupid question without making a new thread: on a new bike fitted with full NX/GX eagle kit, could I remove the shifter and derailleur and send them for the hills, and swap them directly with M8100 XT derailleur and shifter?
Intuitively I would think yes, but the bike industry has surprised me like this before.
Intuitively I would think yes, but the bike industry has surprised me like this before.
Nambra
Definitely should have gone to specsavers
Apparently Shimano 12 speed has a 3.55mm cog to cog spacing on the cassette compared with Eagle’s 3.65mm, but it seems they can function together.
Don’t let surprise cloud your cynicism.
Haakon
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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!
Haakon
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Yep.As I can’t get any links to work on this forum, can someone tell me if this is the B bolt kit that is being talked about?
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Haakon
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Maybe I put the wrong link in... Gst is tricky on eBay and mtbdirect postage put it up (I really didn’t need anything else...)
This was the cheapest I found.
Genuine SRAM Eagle X01 Rear Derailleur B-Bolt & Limit Screw Kit HEX 5 | eBay
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Haakon
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If you tune it for the middle of the cassette the indexing is out by 0.5mm at each end. Some peeps reckon it’s fine, others not.
I’d give it a go, you can get m8100 shifter and mech for around $250 on AliExpress. Worst case is it doesn’t play nice and you drop more on a cassette and microsoline freehub (if you can)
According to this thread from MTBR, the XX1/X01 bolt works on GX. The thread also has install instructions.
https://forums.mtbr.com/drivetrain-...nks/xo1-derailleur-bolt-gx-eagle-1102087.html
"There is a small groove on the back side of the derailleur hole where the bolt goes. If you look at the back, you will see a small spring clip. You use a small pick to catch the edge of the clip and pull up on it. Then work the rest of the clip out of the groove and then then bolt can be removed. X01 and XX1 doesn't use the clip, just a pair of o-rings."
Haakon
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Looks like it... From what I can tell, the $20 difference between NX and GX is bearings in the jockey wheels.
