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  • Weird quite deep rumbling noise coming from my Ultegra rear mech, apparently from the jockey wheels. I've got a KMC X11 SL chain and as the chain goes over the jockey wheels it seems a bit lumpy, specifically as it passes round the upper jockey wheel.

    If I turn the pedal with my hand as the bike's on the stand I can feel the rumbling through the pedal. This bike/groupset were new only about 1300 miles ago and it's just not smooth like it should be.

    What's going on please?

  • Sounds like a B screw issue. Check the distance between the top jockey wheel and the sprocket. There should be about 1 and a half links in the gap.

  • That's what I thought it might be, so I'd already checked that, but just had another go - didn't help. In fact, I find on modern Shimano rear mechs the B screw doesn't really do much at all. I remember the days when fiddling with the B screw actually did something... thanks though.

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