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casing ends in shifters
I bought a pair of used Chorus Ergo shifters on Ebay and they both
have metal cable casing ends in the brake cable holes. Nothing in the derailleur holes. They don't want to come out easily. Before I destroy them, can anyone verify they are not part of the shifter assembly? Thanks. Doug B. |
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casing ends in shifters
Why dig 'em out? Leave 'em in place, fit the housing and cables and
your good to go. BTW, I don't recall seeing anything looking like casing ends in any of my Ergos, FWIW. MW |
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On Sun, 06 May 2007 15:01:33 -0700, onebadscooter wrote:
Why dig 'em out? Leave 'em in place, fit the housing and cables and your good to go. BTW, I don't recall seeing anything looking like casing ends in any of my Ergos, FWIW. My Ergos came with ferules for Campagnolo's 4.5 mm housing. You'll need to replace them if you want to use 5 mm housing. They're easy enough to get out without much destruction if you use a tap that just barely digs into the sides of the ferule. A too-wide tap would probably make the problem worse. |
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Doug B. wrote:
I bought a pair of used Chorus Ergo shifters on Ebay and they both have metal cable casing ends in the brake cable holes. Nothing in the derailleur holes. They don't want to come out easily. Before I destroy them, can anyone verify they are not part of the shifter assembly? Don't need them and in fact they stick badly. Pull 'em out with a drill bit turned by hand. Gear casing ferrules yes, brake no. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On Sun, 06 May 2007 19:27:09 -0500, A Muzi
wrote: Doug B. wrote: I bought a pair of used Chorus Ergo shifters on Ebay and they both have metal cable casing ends in the brake cable holes. Nothing in the derailleur holes. They don't want to come out easily. Before I destroy them, can anyone verify they are not part of the shifter assembly? Don't need them and in fact they stick badly. Pull 'em out with a drill bit turned by hand. Gear casing ferrules yes, brake no. Thanks for the replies. I will try the drill bit suggestion. Doug B. |
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"Doug B." wrote in message ... I bought a pair of used Chorus Ergo shifters on Ebay and they both have metal cable casing ends in the brake cable holes. Nothing in the derailleur holes. They don't want to come out easily. Before I destroy them, can anyone verify they are not part of the shifter assembly? Thanks. Doug B. I find that a great source of aggravation. I've tried penetrating oil and also extremely vigilant use of a drill press. What I found works best is to mung up the ferrule (metal casing end), then use a thin pick or nail set to push the ferrule out from the top part of the lever, (through the hole that the cable would run through). |
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On May 6, 7:22 am, Doug B. wrote:
I bought a pair of used Chorus Ergo shifters on Ebay and they both have metal cable casing ends in the brake cable holes. Nothing in the derailleur holes. They don't want to come out easily. Before I destroy them, can anyone verify they are not part of the shifter assembly? Thanks. Doug B. They are NOT!!!. No ferrules in the brake holes of ERGO, from 1997 onwards. People that put these into ERGO and STI oughto not repair their bicycle. |
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On May 6, 4:43 pm, Gary Young wrote:
On Sun, 06 May 2007 15:01:33 -0700, onebadscooter wrote: Why dig 'em out? Leave 'em in place, fit the housing and cables and your good to go. BTW, I don't recall seeing anything looking like casing ends in any of my Ergos, FWIW. My Ergos came with ferules for Campagnolo's 4.5 mm housing. You'll need to replace them if you want to use 5 mm housing. They're easy enough to get out without much destruction if you use a tap that just barely digs into the sides of the ferule. A too-wide tap would probably make the problem worse. Those are for the derraileur, not the brake. |
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On May 6, 10:19 pm, "Carl Sundquist" wrote:
"Doug B." wrote in message ... I bought a pair of used Chorus Ergo shifters on Ebay and they both have metal cable casing ends in the brake cable holes. Nothing in the derailleur holes. They don't want to come out easily. Before I destroy them, can anyone verify they are not part of the shifter assembly? Thanks. Doug B. I find that a great source of aggravation. I've tried penetrating oil and also extremely vigilant use of a drill press. What I found works best is to mung up the ferrule (metal casing end), then use a thin pick or nail set to push the ferrule out from the top part of the lever, (through the hole that the cable would run through). Also a small ******* file, stuck into the ferrules, pulls them out quite nicely. |
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On Sun, 06 May 2007 09:22:17 -0400, Doug B. wrote:
I bought a pair of used Chorus Ergo shifters on Ebay and they both have metal cable casing ends in the brake cable holes. Nothing in the derailleur holes. They don't want to come out easily. Before I destroy them, can anyone verify they are not part of the shifter assembly? Thanks. Doug B. Some PBlaster and a drill bit in the vise got them rotating. Slow, counter clockwise rotation of the shifter body, and they backed out. Thanks to everyone. Doug B. |
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