Thank you Joe, that is exactly the information I needed. Besides the tab not fitting anywhere I thought the big washer was too thin and just set it aside, but now I see that is not the case. I think I should be able to cut and file the tab off pretty cleanly, and will be all set. If that doesn't work I'll give RBW a call, now that I know what I'm looking for.
Ride on! Mike On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 7:48:32 PM UTC-4, Joe Bernard wrote: > > Here's what you need to make that work. The big round washer with the big > square hole but no tab, then the small metal washer. This shifter slides on > next, then the plastic washer, then the metal cover (looks like a hubcap) > then the bolt. > > What you're missing is the big washer without a tab, it came with the > bar-end pod I ordered from Riv. I think you can get them separately from > them. > > On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 3:52:01 PM UTC-7, Mike Blackwell wrote: > > I'm replacing the worn out circa ~2000 Shimano barend shifters (DuraAce > I think) on my Redwood with Silver 2's. I was thinking I could keep the > Shimano bar pods and just swap out the shifters, but now I'm not sure sure. > I've attached a picture of what I have (Silver 2 on top, Shimano on > bottom). > > > > > > > > Looking at just the left side - the Silver 2 comes with a smaller normal > flat washer and a larger flat washer with a square hole and a tab sticking > out. The old Shimano shifter has a spacer with some intricate internal > structure. > > > > > > To get the spacing right, so the Silver 2 shifter cable exit aligns with > the bar pod cable retainer it seems like I need to use the Shimano spacer. > The big Silver 2 washer (with square hole and tab) doesn't seem to fit > anywhere, I assume that's just for the Silver 2 pod. Not sure if I need the > smaller Silver 2 washer, but it seems like I might to keep the pressure > across the shifter face even. > > > > > > The internal structure of the Shimano spacer seems to be the biggest > problem - it prevents things from nesting together the way it ought to (I > think). Maybe I need to remove some of that internal material? > > > > > > So - before I start irreversibly filing and Dremelling - am I on the > right track here? If anyone's done a similar swapout I'd love to hear about > it! > > > > > > Thanks! Mike Blackwell > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f9ce9ad7-53b1-4389-ac96-809e9076da7c%40googlegroups.com.
