Need help installing braze-on shifters!
10-11-15, 03:12 PM
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Need help installing braze-on shifters!
Hi all:
I just received in the mail a set of NOS Campagnolo Triomphe shifters which I want to install on my Grand Jubile to replace the worn-out Simplex shifters. How hard can it be, right? Well, now I feel like a chimpanzee in a lab experiment...
I got the shifters and all the parts in a plastic bag, but no diagrams or instructions. There are a bunch of plastic and metal washers, and I have no idea in what order anything goes. Can anybody give me a hand with this? I've found a couple diagrams online for Victory shifters, which I understand are similar, but in the diagrams I can't tell the difference between one white plastic washer and another, let alone the thin metal ones, two of which are "straight" and two of which look concave (or convex)
Anyway, anybody with experience of these things who can give a fella a few tips?
I just received in the mail a set of NOS Campagnolo Triomphe shifters which I want to install on my Grand Jubile to replace the worn-out Simplex shifters. How hard can it be, right? Well, now I feel like a chimpanzee in a lab experiment...
I got the shifters and all the parts in a plastic bag, but no diagrams or instructions. There are a bunch of plastic and metal washers, and I have no idea in what order anything goes. Can anybody give me a hand with this? I've found a couple diagrams online for Victory shifters, which I understand are similar, but in the diagrams I can't tell the difference between one white plastic washer and another, let alone the thin metal ones, two of which are "straight" and two of which look concave (or convex)
Anyway, anybody with experience of these things who can give a fella a few tips?
10-11-15, 03:49 PM
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I can't help with a parts diagram for Triomphe shifters, but have you considered. Using Kelly Take-Offs?
10-11-15, 04:08 PM
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I can't help with a parts diagram for Triomphe shifters, but have you considered. Using Kelly Take-Offs?
Chuck the triomphes in the bin and get brifters?
Only joking somebody here will know.
Chuck the triomphes in the bin and get brifters?
Only joking somebody here will know.
10-11-15, 04:46 PM
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op, from just looking at the ebay listings of these shifters, this doesn't look that difficult to figure out.
it looks like you have two plastic and one metal washer for each side.
the concave plastic washer fits into the shifter side that's concave. the other plastic washer goes on the other side. i assume this flat plastic washer fits on the inside, between the frame and shifter, and the concave washer fits on the outside of the shifter.
each shifter leans a little 'out' from the frame. this will indicate left/right.
the only thing i don't know is where to put the one metal washer.
the last to install is the metal cover and wingnut screw on each side.
you may want to take a few pics and post them here if you have further questions. this may also help the next person who has the same issue.
hopefully someone can chime in with info on my bolded line above.
it looks like you have two plastic and one metal washer for each side.
the concave plastic washer fits into the shifter side that's concave. the other plastic washer goes on the other side. i assume this flat plastic washer fits on the inside, between the frame and shifter, and the concave washer fits on the outside of the shifter.
each shifter leans a little 'out' from the frame. this will indicate left/right.
the only thing i don't know is where to put the one metal washer.
the last to install is the metal cover and wingnut screw on each side.
you may want to take a few pics and post them here if you have further questions. this may also help the next person who has the same issue.
hopefully someone can chime in with info on my bolded line above.
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10-11-15, 05:36 PM
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i looked at my late model record shifters, and there is no metal washer, only the two plastic ones, one concave, the other, flat.
i do have a tiny metal fitting that is more like a cover. this tiny one fits between the wingnut screw and the metal cover. i found an online photo of triomphe shifters that also use this tiny metal piece and its relation to the sequence of installation:
the photo shows only two washers for each shifter.
i do have a tiny metal fitting that is more like a cover. this tiny one fits between the wingnut screw and the metal cover. i found an online photo of triomphe shifters that also use this tiny metal piece and its relation to the sequence of installation:
the photo shows only two washers for each shifter.
