Problem with rear wheel adjustment

[halloway]

Hi,

I am in the process of fitting new sprockets and chain and have run up against a problem.

I have fitted a new sprocket to the rear wheel and refitted it. In order to fit the new chain it seems to me that I need to move the rear wheel as far forward as possible. However, on the right hand side, the brake caliper bracket is preventing pretty much all movement, either forwards or backwards. The axle seems quite a long way back in the available range of movement and (I think) ought to be able to go a lot further forward.

Should the brake caliper move in order to accommodate rear wheel adjustment? It looks to me that if the torque arm bolting points could pivot then the caliper could move. However only the forward fixing point moves and that not very much.

TIA,
Pete

[amorti]

just give it some welly. if it moved easy, it'd wobble and wear then fail.

[halloway]

That's pretty much what I did in the end. Tx.

[halloway]

Just to elaborate further: I loosened the torque arm bolt at the caliper end and gave it a couple of whacks to loosen it. Then the axle moved a lot more freely and I got an extra 1cm of movement which was enough to get the chain to link successfully.

It took me five hours to change a chain and sprockets. I don't think I'll ever make it as a professional mechanic