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I've read the dealer's manual for the mech but still left with a few questions/ambiguities.
There seem to be different sets of instructions for clamp-on and braze-on mechs. I have a braze-on mech fitted to a clamp-on adapter: which should I follow? It says you don't need to use the support screw with clamp-on, but do with braze-on.
Talking of the support screw, I wound it in and left a small mark on the frame (it's only small, but I wish I hadn't done it). Then I put the stick-on plate over that mark. But when I later wound the screw on, the plate just squirmed out of place and fell off. Should I superglue this in place or something like that?
There's a tool that you put in place to see whether you need to adjust the cable mount. Do you do this with a taught cable, no cable, or what? Do I do it before I put any tension in the mech at all? Because in different circumstances the cable will fall on different sides of the line.
I've only spent a couple of hours on it but I'm a bit discombobulated. The rear mech is pretty familiar and seems to be working well. The front is working, but it's not slick.