Transcript of SRAM Force eTap AXS Front Derailleur Fitting Guide

right guys welcome back to the channel welcome back to another video in this one i'm just going to be showing you how to fit your sram force etap access front derailleur to your bike so let's go ahead let's run through the steps right so we have this ram force access front derailleur for the two bicep now first thing you want to do is make sure you've got a fully charged battery installed and you've paired the draily with your other components if you're on how to do that i'll put a link on the screen so i'll just run through some of the bits to look out for on this while i've got it in my hand so i can show you more clearly so we've got the uh adjustment screws there the two as you can see so the low screw they're both two and a half mil hex heads adding keys so those screws the bottom one there and the top one's hoist screw then you've got the mounting bolt there which is four mil hex head to mount onto your brace on your on your hanger as you can see then you've got on the back side of it you've got a little bolt that'll go in just there it's that hole which is two mil hex head for the different shims for shimming it away from keeping it away from the frame just giving it a bit of extra support when it's finally finished install that's what that's for so what you want to do is make sure that the drill is to start with is on the outer chain ring to start with and you've got a line you can see there a little white dash on there make sure that's in line with the outer chain ring that's the little mark so you can see that and then you've got a little mark just there and just see that you'll see on your derailleur that you line up with the chain ring the teeth on the chain ring in that in that mark there on the mark so that's just pointing out so you can see it bear you see what i'm actually talking about so that's the drylier so let's go ahead let's get it on the bike so all we do is offer the derailleur up to the hanger and using the mounting bolt i put a bit of grease on the thread of the mounting bolt and he sees just because you don't want to get it stuck in there so you put a bit of anti-seize on it before you thread it in and we just thread it all the way in then we just nip it up just get it just tucked in place at the moment don't tighten it right up it's just got to be just so it's holding it there then we can sort out the gap here between the cage and the teeth on the chain ring right so the drill is still on the outer chain ring i'll just move the camera so i can show you better what you want to do is before you fully tighten your mounting bolt just drop the dry layer down and i'll zoom in so i can show you the mark so the teeth on the outer chain ring are lined up with the mark on the inside there you can see that just in here that dash there so they're lined up with that and then you can go ahead and tighten up your mounting bolt and torque that up look six new meters falling on that tighten that up then we move on to the next step and i'll show you that so once you talk your bolt up what you're looking for is the mark i showed earlier the little white dash there that has to be in line with your outer chain ring so if you put your derailleur on and you've um sorted that out and you tightened it up where it should be and you find that that the cage is slightly this way or even slightly inboard then the way it's all out is just get hold of it gently and push it round one way or pull it around the other way bit by bit just edge it round until you look and it's in line with the outer chain ring so once you've done that then i'll put the camera back on the stand and i'll show you the next step right so the next step is we shift the drilling down to the inner chain ring like so now once you've done that you need your two and a half mil hex head and the low screw which is the bottom one there we locate that then what we need to do is bring the front of the cage there so front of the cage we need to bring that out in line with the tooth on the largest chain ring so we got to do is locate the low screw there turn it clockwise and the cage will move out this way you just turn it like so just bring the cage out until the front of it there is in line right so once you've done that and it's in line with the teeth and what you can do is just get yourself a hex head 1.5 mil and just check that it goes in there just put it in top of the teeth there and just under the cage if that goes in there should fit in so if it fits in there then you know you've got the gap right there you don't want any bigger than say a two mil gap there for that right so once you're happy with the adjustments and set up what you can do is you put your wedge in the back of your trailer if you can get one in this just helps to support it against the frame now they come in various sizes your thin one like that and you've got a slightly bigger one than the bigger one again so it all depends what size seat tube you've got on your bike so if you need a thin one obviously on here as you can see the smallest one won't do anything it just goes in there it's not actually contacting anything so it's not actually supporting anything really so that would be no good in this particular application with a round seat tube so you can see if i get the next one up then it will sit against the frame the seat tube there it'll just wedge in there like that and when you look through you'll still be able to get the two mill hex there that'll go in that hole and then slot in the bottom of here so this power will be contacting the frame like that you'll still be able to get the two mil hex in there so just push it all the way in there and then what you do is you screw in your two mil hex there just tighten that up and that will be the wedge installed just to support the drill so if you can get yours in then you can use one also make sure when you refit the back wheel that it's not contacting the wedge when you've got when you've got your tyre in your wheel in place make sure the tire is not contact in it in any way some some frames they can be if it's like that then don't use the wedge well as you can see we've got the chain fitted and we're on the smallest chain ring at the front so what you'd want to do now is with the rear derailleur on the largest at the back so 28 33 whatever cassette you've got you want to check the gap in here so to if your chain is touching the inside of the cage there we need to do is locate the screw there the lowest one and then turn that to move it away you want to move it anti-clockwise so i'm turning this anti-clockwise and it's moving the derailleur cage away ever slightly from the chain making contact with it it's the only one a little gap there like 0.5 millimeter gap so if you just look down and have a look then as long as it's not making contact with it then that gap there is set so we need to do now is shift up to the largest chain ring and move the rear derailleur down to the smallest to ten two for the back and then we'll check the setting when we're on the outside chain ring right so once you're happy with the low adjustment you like i said you can shift up to the largest chain ring and then you ready to do the height adjustment so same hex head again two and a half mil in the top one this time and then what you're looking to do is from the lowest of the back so the 10 sprocket at the back you're looking for a 0.5 mil gap roughly between the chain here and the cage on the inside when you look in you can look from the front up in there and have a look so what you want to do is if it's touching there just turn this so we want to turn it anti-clockwise and anti-clockwise we'll move it over so anti-clockwise moves it this way so the cage this way and then clockwise we'll move it back that way but you're more than likely needed to move it this way so if you turn it anti-clockwise and then just look up in there and have a look you might have to pedal around while you're doing it to see because sometimes the chain can just move very slightly as you're pedaling so but it's going to be very close whatever happens you're never going to get a massive gap there because it'll affect it the other way then when you move up the cassette you go across the cassette a bit you'll be touching on the inside so you just need it just so it's just passing right so once you've adjusted your screws then you can go ahead and shift up and down a few times make sure it's working properly and then just give it another double check make sure the settings are right on there so there's the steps complete for you so if you found the video helpful if you did remember to give it a thumbs up subscribe to the channel for more cycle relay content until next time ride safe and i'll see you then