Ultegra R8000 Front Derailleur Adjustment

October 2017 edited september 2019 in workshop.

Ultegra r8000 front derailleur adjustment.

One of the major changes in shimano s new ultegra r8000 front derailleur is a more compact built in arm for better integration and clearance for wider tires and a new feature that allows for fine tuned cable adjustments. Shimano redesigned it to have a lighter shift action increased frame and tire clearance and to work better with chain lines seen on road bikes with disc brakes and shorter chainstays. Use a tape measure or a penny which is 1 5 millimeters to estimate the height. Have you tried releasing the cable from fixing bolt on the dreailleur and screwing the barrel.

Front derailleur dura ace fd r9100 ultegra fd r8000 105 fd 5801 procedures for cable tension adjustment and top adjustment differ from those of previous models. If it needs adjustment make sure your bike is in its lowest gear so there s not too much tension on the inner wire. Ultegra r8000 rear derailleur barrel adjuster. Shimano ultegra r8000 front derailleur fitting guide mounting bolt 5 7nm 5mm hex pinch bolt 6 7nm 4mm hex if you find the videos helpful and would like t.

The shimano ultegra r8000 series front derailleur offer lighter front shifting operation and easier setup thanks to the new link construction and integrated cable tensioner. I have a ultegra r8000 in my cannondale supersix and and an old 105 in a caad8. My problem was with the supporting bolt and i didn t realize that was an important issue. No experience of the new r8000 groupset but the barrel adjuster has to be screwed in all the way before allowing any adjustment.

Hi jim front derailleur adjustment has always been a pretty tedious exercise due to the lack of any integrated adjustment mechanism. Thanks a lot your article is amazing. Setting up ultegra r8000 front derailleur way confusing honestly the shifting of the 8000 group is wonderful and the new front drlr is part of that. It also matches the wider pitch of the new r8000 crank creating increased compatibility with disc brake road frames.

Besides it is very easy to set up much easier than the long arm drlrs where you really had to kind of guess on cable tension.