Bicycle Mechanics - SRAM shifter broken. Is it fixable?

Bikeforums.net is a forum about nothing but bikes. Our community can help you find information about hard-to-find and localized information like bicycle tours, specialties like where in your area to have your recumbent bike serviced, or what are the best bicycle tires and seats for the activities you use your bike for.



PDA
Nimco
08-17-11, 06:12 AM
Found out that the right shifter was broken:( :( Is this savable? Is it possible to drill very small holes and screw some tiny screws in to reinforce it? Plus some super glue of course. What do you guys think? I'm totally never crashing again >:(

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/4237/img8343f.jpg

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/248/img8344g.jpg

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/2290/img8345z.jpg

http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/1043/img8346d.jpg

goatalope
08-17-11, 06:32 AM
Might want to go to LBS first and see if there's anything SRAM will do for you. Unlikely, but worth a try. I'd just put a lot of superglue on it and see what happens. That stuff is strong.
Ikarios
08-17-11, 09:08 AM
I don't know about SRAM, but I believe with Shimano you can replace those lever body parts, since all the mechanisms are working fine. I can't imagine breaking the plastic will have you replacing the entire shifter.

Or you could just epoxy up the damn thing real good. That might work.

BikeWise1
08-17-11, 09:10 AM
Send Sram an email with those photos. They can do more to solve your problem than we can.....