That fixed the derailleur tension issue, but I had to remove the derailleur from the hanger to clear the freewheel while turning the jockey change. I held the derailleur in the increaded tension position, threaded the chain through the derailleur then reattached the derailleur and released. The slack in the chain is now taken care of by the derailleur tension. Couple of concerns:I don't know if we should start from scratch or not, this is where I mentioned to pre-tension the jockey wheel cage. If the tension spring was unhooked when the derailleur was removed then the cage would spin around freely. When reinstalling, it has to be what I call pre-tensioned or in the correct position or the tension spring won't work properly.
1. Remove the chain from the derailleur.
2. Unscrew the limiting screw that's on the face of the derailleur housing so it lets the cage retract fully so that you can rotate the wheel cage without it hitting the freewheel.
3. Unhook the tension spring from the lug.
4. Rotate the jockey cage counter clockwise letting the lug grab the spring hook.
5. Keep rotating until the bottom wheel is at the bottom and hold it there while you lace the chain back thru the derailleur.
6. With the chain in position you can let go of the jockey cage and it should have plenty of tension.
7. At this point the tension spring will most like be in the top lug and I usually reposition the spring to the bottom lug being the weakest tension. I do the tension adjustment later while setting up the derailleur.
I suck at typing instructions so I do not endorse this post.
1) Is it ok that the chain rubs/touches the inside of the jockey cage? From the attached picture you may be able to see that the chain is rubbing against the top inner jockey cage and the lower inner jockey cage when exiting.
2) What is the shifter lever position when the chain is on the smallest gear, position 5 as shown, lever all the way forward? If the lever is pulled backwards to 1, the derailleur expands to move the chain under the largest gear on the inside.