put the gear in make it tight turn it clockwise, put arm on have it in correct postion, tighten bolt, when arm is on you should not be able to move it with your hand.
counter clockwise yes but not foward. put cable on and try it out.
if this dont work next is the basket, but make sure you can move your cable with your hands back and forth.

 thanks dude i did that and it works great i feel so stupid haha