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Why has my Beko dishwasher stopped filling. Cleared light muck in the easily accessible filter areas etc - went from working to simply not? Making all the 'right' noises and water turned on under sink

Oof concussions. Sorry to hear this.

Thanks, am all good really, just groggy and sore. Bit gutted that plans are down the pan but that's life. I'm no helmet preacher but am grateful I had one on in any case.

Cheers

I'm not sure sugru's flexible enough for that.

how about chewing gum

Will my Sora FD work with my 48/38/28 crankset?

I also have a Deore one, but the clamp diameter is too big.

Also: I've installed a 119mm wide bb instead of the stated 121mm.

Will I be able to get my FD to work, or is the crankset too much inboard now?

Yes, Bluetooth can support multiple connections simultaneously. The actual support depends on the radio being used though. It’s cheaper to limit concurrent connections so the cheaper the radio, the fewer connections available.

Will my Sora FD work with my 48/38/28 crankset?

Which Sora? FD-3503 is designed for 50-39-30, so it should handle 48-38-28 OK as long as moving it down 4mm doesn't get you into chainstay interference territory.

Which Deore? There must be a hundred Deore FDs, many designed for much smaller MTB rings, but some specifically designed for touring bikes with 48T big rings.

Which clamp size? A slightly short BB might work with a 28.6mm clamp because the whole FD alignment varies a bit between clamp sizes, so the skinny tube variant has more minus tolerance on the chain line than the fat tube versions.

He hasn’t answered his phone the last few times I called

That’s why I was wondering. I sent him a message 3 months ago and got no reply, he hasn’t been on here in a year.
Just wanted to check in, make sure he’s doing ok. Know if he has any social media? I don’t know his surname

Sora FD-3503, yes. Have cabled it up with that, will see if it works.

Deore one I'm not sure. Looks very similar to this:

My frame is old school steel, so I guess 28.6mm clamp diameter? Deore one is 34.8mm unfortunately.

Thank you for your response.

Shim it

Shim it real good.

Shim it

Yeah, thought about that. Always an option. Or get a correct clamp size one; they're not expensive.

It doesn't shift too badly with the Sora FD-3503.

The only thing is that when I'm in the middle ring and anywhere from the fourth smallest cog to the smallest, and shift into the smallest ring, the chain will sometimes fall between the middle and the smallest ring.

This could easily be avoided by first shifting up the cassette before shifting into the smallest ring (which I should be doing anyway), but any idea what could be causing this?

any idea what could be causing this?

User error. There's no way any competent cyclist would ever be trying to shift to the granny ring until they're already on at least the third largest sprocket. You want the chain to be already pointing in the direction of the front shift before you shift, i.e. on a sprocket which is inboard of the engaged chainring for a downshift or outboard of the engaged chainring for an upshift. That way, the tendency for the chain to straighten up is helping the shift, not fighting it.

The actual cause of this being a thing which can happen at all is that Shimano spaced the rings out far enough to allow incompetent gear selections without the chain fouling the larger rings. If they put the inner ring close enough to the middle to avoid leaving a big enough gap for the chain to fall into, the chain would rub on the middle ring when you engage the inner ring and the smallest sprocket, on a 135mm hub with the shortest chainstays specified in the manual. They have to make things idiot proof, and this is why we can't have nice things.

There's no way any competent cyclist would ever be trying to shift to the granny ring until they're already on at least the third largest sprocket.

Probably the valve on the feed that lets the water in. Easy enough to replace once you know which one.

I'm losing confidence. It might be the inlet valve. Sounds similar to one I sorted.

Can this be fixed/replacement part (or is it better to nab a left hand shifter)?
Snapped gear changing paddle (SRAM double/LH 10sp shifter)

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ebay name Philtendo anyone on here?

Does anyone know on which style of Kalloy Uno stem you can easily remove the graphics?

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The top type definitely comes off with acetone.

I've got one of the middle type and removed the graphics easily with acetone.

Thanks @root & @timmah!

I am currently crawling gently out of the 18th century and accepting that my business needs a website. I do not understand this stuff. Who should I go to for hosting? What is the best make your own webbysiteythingy service? I have no problems with content or pictures, I just need to know how not to be impoverished by faceless suppliers. I am moderately literate, I even know where to place, a comma: or not, but am a tech moron.