Re: [CR]Simplex pulley replacement

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Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 10:20:59 +0100
From: "Martin Appel" <martin@camelot.de>
Organization: Camelot Online Services
To: "Thomas R. Adams, Jr." <kctommy@msn.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Simplex pulley replacement
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Hallo Thomas,

TRAJ> What size aftermarket pulley will work with a Simplex derailleur?

TRAJ> I've got an SLJ that I want to use, and the pulleys are TRAJ> rather worn. The local shop has only Shimano style replacement TRAJ> pulleys and they are much narrower than the stock units. TRAJ> Compariing to a Campy NR, the simplex pulleys look about the TRAJ> same width. So do old Campy size pulleys work?

I'm not sure if this is true for all Simplex LJ, but the one i got (LJ Super, looks like http://www.parkcity.ne.jp/~meisei/craft/j_slj.htm )has dural alloy bolts for the pulleys with a larger diameter than standard pulleys (6mm instead of 5mm or so? it's been a couple of years..). i once tried to replace these with standard ones once and failed because of this.

Martin Appel
in sunny, windy Munich, Germany