The stop thingy is only used when that shifter is mounted on the downtube.
You were right to re-use the round one without the stop thingy on your
bar-con pod.
On Monday, April 30, 2012 9:54:57 AM UTC-7, Lynne Fitz wrote:
looseness of the bolt isn't the issue. I thought it was, but I'd
A little blue Loctite on the bolt's threads will fix this problem.
On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 7:22 PM, pam pamelamurra...@gmail.com wrote:
This happens occasionally on mine too. I just tighten it and it's
fine. I thought that's the way they work. I'll be taking it in for a
tuneup and have
looseness of the bolt isn't the issue. I thought it was, but I'd
really reef it down, and a few miles later, the shifter would just
lose it. This has been an intermittent problem since I originally
took delivery of the bike in July 2010.
In any case, the original vendor was Velo Orange, so I
This happens occasionally on mine too. I just tighten it and it's
fine. I thought that's the way they work. I'll be taking it in for a
tuneup and have them looked at. It only happens once every few months
and I just tighten a slight bit. I thought they just worked
themselves loose over time.
I too suspect a thicker washer is the solution.
Counterintuitively, sometimes when mechanical things slip, the
solution is to apply a thin layer of oil or grease to every metal-to-
metal interface including both sides of all washers and to all
threads. This enables you to tighten them more.
It
