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Shimano Alifine 8 IGH yellow dots will NOT line up

With shifter in 4th gear, per instructions, the upper yellow dot is about 3/16" ahead (clockwise) of the lower yellow dot. Whether I adjust the barrel connector (at the shifter) to one extreme or ...
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Shimano nexus 3-speed hub gear, yellow dot does not move when adjusting

I have a bike with a Nexus 3 hub gear. Yesterday the shifting got out of whack, when set to gear 2, it was actually in gear 1, gear 3 was 2, and so on. I looked up how to adjust it, and found that I ...
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Sturmey Archer 3-speed hub adjustment

I am going crazy here. I have a SA SRF3 mounted on a 16 inch wheel Dahon bike I bought second hand. The bike needed some love and I managed to put it to my liking. Unfortunately I reached a dead end ...
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Why can't I adjust my Shimano Nexus 8 gear?

I have an three year old Electra Townie 8i with the Shimano Nexus Inter 8 hub gear that needs to be adjusted. I followed the guide in this clip and it was easy enough. ...
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4 votes
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Adjust Nuvinci nfinity gears

After the latest service, my manual Nuvinci nfinity is set to higher gear than before and I want it lowered again. Surfing the web I find nothing like "turn this knob to adjust gear". The closest I ...
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Shimano Nexus 8 Hub Alignment Mark No Longer Visible

I've got a Shimano Nexus 8 IGH, and was previously able to adjust it properly by aligning the two yellow tick marks in the 'window' as described here. However, I then removed and replaced the rear ...
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Nexus hub keeps getting misaligned

I have a nexus 8-speed internal hub on a Civia Kingfield bike. It keeps getting misaligned -- the dots on the bottom don't line up. In the past I have successfully adjusted it using the barrel ...
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