On Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 8:34:03 PM UTC-5, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Tuesday, 10 September 2019 19:23:03 UTC-4, AK wrote:
On Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 5:39:24 PM UTC-5, Tom Kunich wrote:
On Sunday, September 8, 2019 at 2:17:40 PM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 9/8/2019 3:13 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Sunday, 8 September 2019 10:35:43 UTC-4, AMuzi wrote:
On 9/7/2019 3:00 PM, AK wrote:
I recently had my rear derailleur replaced along with new shifters on a 18 speed mountain bike.

Shifting in the lower gears is smooth and there is no noise when pedaling.

I can shift smoothly into all gears however, there is a "clicking" sound when I am in the upper gears.

The bike tech who did the work said he could not find a seven speed shifter and installed an eight speed shifter and told me he would make adjustments so it would work.

I have been told this.

"It is a problem, but can be fixed by also replacing the freewheel, but I definitely wouldn't be paying for any service from a tech who didn't know this would be a problem."

https://imgur.com/a/xF73i91

https://imgur.com/a/5VB6gat


The 8 shifter is compatible.
Common problems include cable/casing/ferrule issues and rear
changer misalignment.
It ought to shift well and quietly with all new equipment.
This has a new seven chain, new FW and new cable/casing right?


Since when is an 8-speed shifter compatible with a 6-speed cassette or freewheel?

Cheers


Yikes. You're right. I missed that.

If it's still a SIX freewheel, there's no way that shifter
could work.

And by the way, WTF? Six shifters are cheap and plentiful.
As are Sevens.

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Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

Didn't 6,7 and 8 all have the same spacing? So that you could use a 8 spd shifter on a 6 speed? I would turn my daughter's 6 speed downtube shifter to friction and let her shift the 8 until I found some brifters.

I know the bike shop owner will get my problem fixed.

He genuinely wants to fix my problem.

I sent a message to the bike shop owner about a new development.

He installed an 8 speed indexed shifter.

Just throwing this out but..

Maybe he was distracted when he did the work, but installing an 8-speed shifter on a bike with a 6 speed freewheel sounds like a pretty big screw up.

I won't be leaving his shop before thoroughly testing the bike.

I have learned a lot and I appreciate all the help from this group.

Andy

I'll try again.

Was your ORIGINAL SIX-SPEED shifter index? Is the 8-speed shifter capable of being turned to friction or is it strictly index?

The point being that if your original shifter was index and the new 8-speed shifter is index only then it will never work. BUT... If the original 6-speed shifter was friction and the new 8-speed shifter can be turned/set to friction mode, then yes it could work with the 6 speed cassette or freewheel.

Cheers

Patience Grasshopper. :-)

Keep in mind that my bike is a Huffy 18 speed Nighthawk Model 56347.

The bike is not a top shelf bike, but considering I have logged over 2K miles with it, I am happy with it.

I have never been stranded on the road with it.

Andy