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Hi folks,
After 7 years and around 30000km my right hand (rear) ultegra lever recently broke it's main spring (as documented by Bill Cotton http://www.billcotton.com/sti_shifter_repair.htm). I managed to source a replacement spring from my local bike shop who keeps old broken levers around for parts. For some reason the broken spring also caused the inner down shift lever to lock up and unable to move so I ended up taking the whole assembly apart and i mean down to the last gear cog. Miraculously I managed to put it all back together and got it working again, it's now back on my bike and after 300km it's still shifting smoothly. Anyway since I couldn't find anything anywhere about taking apart STI shifters and putting them back together I thought I take a few photos during the process and post them for anyone else who has the unfortunate luck of having a lever break down on them and have considered trying to fix it. http://picasaweb.google.com/s331234/...iftersAssembly When you first take apart these things it is quite daunting as it looks like there's a hundred springs and cogs but if you're reasonbly mechanically minded and have the patience to work things out after a evening or two you can figure out how these things actually work and putting them back together is quite logical. I haven't had the time to write a comprehensive accompanying text to the photos so apologies for that. If you have any questions feel free to email me. Also for some reason (on my pc anyway) the thumbnails on my picasa album isn't showing. Steve. |
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On Sep 30, 12:41 pm, wrote:
Hi folks, After 7 years and around 30000km my right hand (rear) ultegra lever recently broke it's main spring (as documented by Bill Cottonhttp://www.billcotton.com/sti_shifter_repair.htm). I managed to source a replacement spring from my local bike shop who keeps old broken levers around for parts. For some reason the broken spring also caused the inner down shift lever to lock up and unable to move so I ended up taking the whole assembly apart and i mean down to the last gear cog. Miraculously I managed to put it all back together and got it working again, it's now back on my bike and after 300km it's still shifting smoothly. Anyway since I couldn't find anything anywhere about taking apart STI shifters and putting them back together I thought I take a few photos during the process and post them for anyone else who has the unfortunate luck of having a lever break down on them and have considered trying to fix it. http://picasaweb.google.com/s331234/...versShiftersAs... When you first take apart these things it is quite daunting as it looks like there's a hundred springs and cogs but if you're reasonbly mechanically minded and have the patience to work things out after a evening or two you can figure out how these things actually work and putting them back together is quite logical. I haven't had the time to write a comprehensive accompanying text to the photos so apologies for that. If you have any questions feel free to email me. Also for some reason (on my pc anyway) the thumbnails on my picasa album isn't showing. Steve. Fantastic: just what I needed. Thanks, Thomas Hood |
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if you're reasonbly
mechanically minded and have the patience to work things out after a evening or two you can figure out how these things actually work and putting them back together is quite logical. ------------ I threw mine away after reading the stupid rbt advice that they couldn't be rebuilt. |
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wrote in message ups.com... Hi folks, After 7 years and around 30000km my right hand (rear) ultegra lever recently broke it's main spring (as documented by Bill Cotton http://www.billcotton.com/sti_shifter_repair.htm). I managed to source a replacement spring from my local bike shop who keeps old broken levers around for parts. For some reason the broken spring also caused the inner down shift lever to lock up and unable to move so I ended up taking the whole assembly apart and i mean down to the last gear cog. Miraculously I managed to put it all back together and got it working again, it's now back on my bike and after 300km it's still shifting smoothly. Anyway since I couldn't find anything anywhere about taking apart STI shifters and putting them back together I thought I take a few photos during the process and post them for anyone else who has the unfortunate luck of having a lever break down on them and have considered trying to fix it. http://picasaweb.google.com/s331234/...iftersAssembly When you first take apart these things it is quite daunting as it looks like there's a hundred springs and cogs but if you're reasonbly mechanically minded and have the patience to work things out after a evening or two you can figure out how these things actually work and putting them back together is quite logical. I haven't had the time to write a comprehensive accompanying text to the photos so apologies for that. If you have any questions feel free to email me. Also for some reason (on my pc anyway) the thumbnails on my picasa album isn't showing. Steve. Steve, Thanks very much - just what's needed. Kerry |
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On Oct 1, 1:57 am, Crescentius Vespasianus
wrote: if you're reasonbly mechanically minded and have the patience to work things out after a evening or two you can figure out how these things actually work and putting them back together is quite logical. ------------ I threw mine away after reading the stupid rbt advice that they couldn't be rebuilt. Rebuilt? Technically anything can be rebuilt if you've got the time, patience and ingenuity. Repair? That will depend if you can source the parts. All but one bike shop I rang up simply stated it cannot be repaired and was more interested in selling me a new pair of levers, only Ridgeway Cycles (in Stafford, Brisbane Australia) was of any help. Had they not had a spare spring salvaged from old levers I too would've end up binning it and buying a new shifter. I've been going to these guys for years for my cycling purchases if you live in Brisbane I highly recommend them as they're really knowledgeable and friendly. I can see why (and totally agree with) Shimano recommending against disassembling the unit for maintenance purposes, but hey if the unit is totally stuffed (like mine was) there's no harm in taking it apart just for curiosity sake. The man himself Sheldon Brown has asked me to do a write up for his site, time is a bit constraining at the moment for me and also I feel to accurately describe the re-assembly process I need to take more detailed step by step photos as there's a couple of springs that needs to be assembled while under tension (hope that makes sense). However the lever is now back on the bike and working and there's no way I'm going to tempt fate by taking it apart again. So I'll have to see what I can come up with time wise. Steve. |
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