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[bradders]

just spent most of the afternoon trying to change to a quick-change carrier. Got 39t sprocket, changed from 36t std. Probelm is, now the hugger fouls the wheel - didnt do it earlier as I had it mot'd at lunchtime!

This is what I have done (followed haynes manual):
remove carrier
remove cush drives
remove hub
remove sprocket
replace hub in new carrier
replace cush drives in new carrier
put on 39t sprkt

As far as I know, it went backlon the same as it came off.

On putting the chain on, the hub got 'reversed' so clockwise was tightening, took the sproket off, as the chain would not go far enough to reverse back (???) and reversed to the normal direction, ie c/wise slacken, put sprkt back on

no matter what I have done, back, forward, tight, slack, reversed, right way, the hugger fouls the wheel.

Questions:

Is is simply the chain is too short?
Is there any way in which I can put the hub back incorrectly?
Am I missing something simnple?

Thanks for your helps