Yes, this is a royal pain in the butt. I had to drill out mine with a
very small bit.
I filed down the new ones slightly and applied anti seize to help the
next time.
On Dec 5, 3:39 pm, stevep33 steve...@gmail.com wrote:
Has anyone had trouble removing a derailleur cable from a Silver
downtube
On Dec 5, 4:00 pm, ANDREW LETTON let...@flash.net wrote:
I seem to remember hearing that derailleur cable ends come in two flavors:
Shimano compatible and Campy
compatible...one of which is slightly larger diameter than the other. Sorry,
but I'm not sure which is larger.
Maybe the smaller
I could have posted this exact comment 1 week ago. Tossed those
shifters into my I'll Deal With That Someday/Too Cool to Throw Away
partsbox. I'll never leave a cable head ungreased again.
On Dec 5, 3:39 pm, stevep33 steve...@gmail.com wrote:
Has anyone had trouble removing a derailleur cable
That does make perfect sense to grease the heads. I'll have to check
both soon. Good thing I'll be putting new cables on the Hilsen soon.
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I began using Silvers when they first came out, have used several
sets different bikes. I love them, but there is a consistent problem:
cable heads are too large to fit in the shifters. (I reported this
problem to Riv from the start, btw.)
To get around this problem, I file the sides of the cable
I recommend greasing the cable head before installation.
On Dec 5, 5:39 pm, stevep33 steve...@gmail.com wrote:
Has anyone had trouble removing a derailleur cable from a Silver
downtube shift lever? I was changing my cables today and found that
the head of the cable is stuck in the shift lever
Always grease the cable heads.
On Dec 5, 6:02 pm, Rene Sterental orthie...@gmail.com wrote:
Would the same greasing of the cable head apply to Shimano's bar end
shifters as well?
On 12/5/09, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery thill@gmail.com wrote:
I recommend greasing the cable head
Thanks for the tip!
On Dec 5, 7:07 pm, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery thill@gmail.com
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Always grease the cable heads.
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Yes. Twice. Until the problem is fixed it's Shimanos for me. (Yes,
the cable heads were greased.)
On Dec 5, 3:39 pm, stevep33 steve...@gmail.com wrote:
Has anyone had trouble removing a derailleur cable from a Silver
downtube shift lever? I was changing my cables today and found that
the
The Shimano ones appear machined differently and so do not have this
problem. But I'd grease anyway.
On Dec 5, 4:02 pm, Rene Sterental orthie...@gmail.com wrote:
Would the same greasing of the cable head apply to Shimano's bar end
shifters as well?
On 12/5/09, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
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