Tanpan Inline Mounting Instructions
In-line Mounting
Tools:
- Protective eyewear
- Cable & housing cutter
- 5mm Allen key
- Chain tool
- Fine (#0) Phillips screwdriver
- Medium (#2) Phillips screwdriver
- Rag
- Recommended:
- Torque wrench with 5mm Allen bit
- Master link pliers
Instructions:
- Mount bicycle in workstand.
- Use 5mm Allen key to remove existing derailleur from derailleur hanger.
- If replacing cassette:
- Remove rear wheel from bicycle.
- Replace cassette normally.
- Break chain and remove from derailleur.
- Size chain:
- Without threading through rear derailleur, place chain on largest cog and largest chainring.
- Add or remove links such that chain is 2 links (one inch) longer than the minimum required to accommodate bib-big combination.
- Remove chain from chainring.
- Replace rear wheel
- Use rag to clean all surfaces of derailleur hanger.
- Use 5mm Allen Key to install new rear derailleur
- If so equipped, disengage clutch
- Set torque wrench and tighten to manufacturer's specification
- Re-route chain through derailleur(s) and connect ends.
- Replace chain on chainring.
- Tanpan installation:
- Shift rear shifter to highest gear / smallest cog position.
- Remove shift cable from shifter and housing.
- Cut housing in desired location
- Below the stem will provide good on-bike access to the barrel adjuster while reducing cable bend
- Add housing end cap to shifter housing segment
- Install barrel adjuster end of Tanpan (cable inlet) onto shifter housing segment
- Install large end of ferrule onto “Wolf” end of Tanpan (cable outlet)
- Ferrule is directional: must fit completely over Tanpan cable outlet as shown.
- Remove 2-3in of housing as required to ensure free housing movement without tight bends or excess material.
- Connect ferrule to derailleur housing end
- No end cap is needed here.
- Install new shift cable into shifter, route through cable housing, and through Tanpan barrel adjuster.
- Use #0 screwdriver to back fixing screw out from Tanpan face
- Without routing around pulley, feed cable under fixing screw head and through transition hole
- Add a small bend to the end of the cable to ease feeding
- Place cable on small Tanpan wheel and pull snug.
- Transition hole should be roughly 180 degrees from Wolf-end cable outlet.
- Route free end of cable around large wheel and through Tanpan cable outlet.
- Pull cable snug and rotate Tanpan wheel such that transition hole is again roughly 180 degrees from cable exit
- Use #0 screwdriver to tighten fixing screw against cable.
- Route cable through remaining Fasten cable in derailleur cable anchor normally
- If so equipped, re-engage clutch.
- Adjust derailleur limit screws, B-tension screw, and shifting normally.
- Transition cable should not pass cable outlet in largest cog / lowest gear
- Trim cable to length and crimp end cap in place.
- Double-check all hardware and remove bicycle from workstand.
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- After two rides, re-adjust shifting to accommodate housing compression and cable seating.