105 Derailleur threading stripped where barrel adjuster screws into–what should I do now?

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madcarew 

The in-line barrel adjuster is hardly a hack, many shimano s ystems come with it installed. Go for it, it’s a chap and easy fix for your bike with no downturn in performance.

as above – shimano mtb rear mechs have lacked screw adjusters for some years now – so if running a gravel bike style set up with sti’s and a mtb rear mech in line adjuster it is and they work, its a good fix not a bodge

Can you not get a helicoil

Can you not get a helicoil fitted, that would be the easiest option and shouldnt cost much.

There’s no point trying to
There’s no point trying to rethread it if it’s properly chewed up. Either buy a new one or, cheaper option, fit an inline adjuster. You’ll need a new inner cable because it’s quicker to fit the adjuster by cutting through the outer and inner cable together.

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It’s not really ‘for good’ –

It’s not really ‘for good’ – it’s just an extra dooberry inserted into the cable run. Unless I’m misunderstanding where they will be installing it. Where exactly is this ‘hack’ going to be?

On my bikes (external routing), there’s three places where barrel adjusters could be: on the mech, on the down tube, and where the cables come out of the shifters – I have old-style 105 and Ultegra, where the cable emerges from the side.

In fact, I have barrel adjusters by the shifters of my new build – a Cannondale CAAD8 – as it came with them instead of on the downtube. I quite like them – it means I can fine-tune the shifting as I’m pedalling along.