super record lever replacement
02-24-05, 06:41 PM
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super record lever replacement
as some of you may recall, i recently needed to replace a blade on my super record brake levers circa 1983. well, i received my nos blade and brought it to my local bike shop, adam's ave bike in san diego. Although the guys down at the shop have tons of experience in bike repair, the owner told me up front that he has never simply replaced the blade on a lever set. i told him to give it fifteen minutes of his time and to call it quits if it is not simple and straight forward.
so now the question: does anyone here have any experience replacing just the blade on a lever set of super/nuovo record brakes? i'm sure it can be done, as campy sold blade replacements for such an accident as the one i had, but will the gentlemen at adams ave run into any problems they should know about? is it simple and straight forward like i hope it is?
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so now the question: does anyone here have any experience replacing just the blade on a lever set of super/nuovo record brakes? i'm sure it can be done, as campy sold blade replacements for such an accident as the one i had, but will the gentlemen at adams ave run into any problems they should know about? is it simple and straight forward like i hope it is?
little help?
02-24-05, 07:56 PM
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See if you can find your shift levers here. https://www.campyonly.com/history/catalogs.html The pictures do quite a good job of showing how everything fits together.
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02-24-05, 07:57 PM
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Very straight forward:
1. Open the quick release and use a third hand on the calipers to release the tension on the cable.
2. Unhook the cable from the lever, slide the cable outside the lever body using slot in the front of the body and pull the cable out the top of the hood. (Alternatively to 1 & 2 you can unhook the cable at the caliper and pull the cable out from underneath the lever housing.)
3. Use a 8mm socket to remove the anchor nut from the inside of the the lever body and pull the lever body from the handlebars.
4. Pull back the hood to expose the lever pivot.
5. Loosen the slotted set screw that is located just below the anchor nut, inside the lever body. It holds the pivot cylinder in place.
6. Slide the pivot cyclinder out of the lever body.
7. Remove the lever blade
8. Remove the plastic grommets from the lever blade's pivot holes.
9. Reverse the steps using new lever.
I timed myself to do the disassembly and reassembly. It took 7 minutes.
1. Open the quick release and use a third hand on the calipers to release the tension on the cable.
2. Unhook the cable from the lever, slide the cable outside the lever body using slot in the front of the body and pull the cable out the top of the hood. (Alternatively to 1 & 2 you can unhook the cable at the caliper and pull the cable out from underneath the lever housing.)
3. Use a 8mm socket to remove the anchor nut from the inside of the the lever body and pull the lever body from the handlebars.
4. Pull back the hood to expose the lever pivot.
5. Loosen the slotted set screw that is located just below the anchor nut, inside the lever body. It holds the pivot cylinder in place.
6. Slide the pivot cyclinder out of the lever body.
7. Remove the lever blade
8. Remove the plastic grommets from the lever blade's pivot holes.
9. Reverse the steps using new lever.
I timed myself to do the disassembly and reassembly. It took 7 minutes.
02-24-05, 08:49 PM
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Yes, I like Campag. because their stuff tends to be more repairable than that of brand "S."
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Originally Posted by John E
Yes, I like Campag. because their stuff tends to be more repairable than that of brand "S."
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Originally Posted by sydney
Give it a rest John. There is no issue replacing the levers on aero or non aero shimano levers. Even the levers on STI can be replaced.
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thanks for all the info guys.
as it turns out, andrew from adams ave. bikes had no problems at all. he just wanted to cover his ass in case something developed, as will happen sometimes in the world of bike repair; he says it took five minutes and was as straight forward as I had hoped it would be.
so yeah, good times. i'm out riding again, and i have a cool new key chain... the chewed up lever that was taken off of my bike.
as it turns out, andrew from adams ave. bikes had no problems at all. he just wanted to cover his ass in case something developed, as will happen sometimes in the world of bike repair; he says it took five minutes and was as straight forward as I had hoped it would be.
so yeah, good times. i'm out riding again, and i have a cool new key chain... the chewed up lever that was taken off of my bike.
