Looking for a Shimano MTB Rear Derailleur.

I am looking to see if anybody has a 9 Speed Shimano XT, XTR or Deore Mounrain Bike derailleur for a bike project I'm cooking up. Looking for one on the cheap. Anybody have one?

Im pretty sure I have one/several, but its in my parts bin which is under a bunch of other boxes lol, email me a reminder to go digging for it adrianvalella at yahoo

I think all my 9-speed stuff is SRAM.... but I'll take a look though the parts bucket.

Adrian you have mail. 

What is the lowdown on Sram Shimano mix and matching? 

In reply to dxman92 :

in most cases for the older hardware it's a no go without some cable adapters. For most of their histories they pulled different amounts of cable for a shift. There used to be a company that made little pulleys that went in line with the cable to compensate but I'm not sure they're still around. That's how I ran the campy/shimano combo. It worked OK but wasn't ever perfectly clean.

You can interchange rear cassettes though - shimano-Sram. The gear spacing is the same.

Isn't the company who made the pulleys Jtek? I think they are still around but they seem pricey for what they are..

The one I had was a Jtek, but back then it was a small US company and they were a good bit cheaper, like $25 or so.  That company went under and in the last few years it was revived in Britain, and now they're over $60....

I had an $800 Campy gruppo sitting there and a $750 set of Shimano wheels.... If it takes $60 to keep from rebuying one or the other....

But for piecing together old MTB parts? Yeah, not really cost effective.

I've got this one left over, collecting dust, if it fits your needs.

New, never installed. I bought the wrong one years ago and was too lazy to attempt a return.

Bump.. Anybody?