Indexing question

[straas]

I'd fit a new inner and also replace the short bit of outer that links the rear mech to the frame, notorious for causing problems.

So I might be able to get away without re-wrapping the bars?

 

[straas]

How did you get on @steveindenmark ? I'm still riding round with dodgy gears.....

Wish I had an indoor workshop....

 

[roadrash]

No indoor workshop , are you telling us you have no kitchen

 

[Salty seadog]

No indoor workshop , are you telling us you have no kitchen

Or a living room with tv and hifi.
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/what-have-you-fettled-today.87079/post-5497532

 

[raleighnut]

So I might be able to get away without re-wrapping the bars?

Impossible to tell from here, that portion of outer is notorious for causing slow/sticky up-changes though due to it's position and more where the openings are allowing the inner to drag grit/water in. Couple that with the sharp radius of the bend,

Once you have the new inner through the top bits you can test it manually by just pulling on the inner and operating the shifter through it's range.

Don't forget to return the shifter to top before trying to connect the cable to the rear mech

 

[straas]

No indoor workshop , are you telling us you have no kitchen

I feel that this wouldn't be well received...

 

[Ajax Bay]

I feel that this wouldn't be well received...

It's primarily a question of tactful, informed timing, as the actress didn't say to the bishop.

 

[straas]

Haha!

I've purchased the inner and a small section of outer for the last bit, for the pricely sum of £4! Hoping this sorts the issue.

Though the man at the shop seemed a bit confused that I couldn't get the highest or lowest gears.

 

[roadrash]

@straas do you live anywhere near wigan

 

[straas]

I'm in south manchester, why?

 

[roadrash]

just wondering if you had lived anywhere near wigan I was going to ask to take a look at it,...…..im not suggesting you cant manage it but sometimes, I fresh pair of eyes and all that

 

[straas]

Ah, cheers - thought you were going to say you'd seen someone struggling around in the wrong gear!

Mercifully S manc is flat so 7 gears are no trouble at the moment.

 

[straas]

New inner has sorted it, I bought a new small bit of outer but didn't need it in the end as the problem was fairly apparent when I rolled the rubber hood back, not quite sure why it was in such a bad way?! Poor installation?

https://ibb.co/sbNvTw2

 

[straas]

A bit of reading suggests this is a fairly common issue with Shimano shifters, something to do with the bending radius in the shifter itself causing fatigue in the wire.

 

[Nigelnightmare]

Glad you got it sorted.