rebuild broken rival shifter?
09-27-09, 10:38 PM
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rebuild broken rival shifter?
It looks like I have broken my front SRAM rival shifter somehow and was wondering if these things are rebuild-able before I go out and buy new. Basically what's it's doing is it won't click into the larger chainring. It will pull the cable and move the derailleur but as soon as I release the shifter the cable tension releases and it moves back to the smaller ring. Has anyone else seen this problem and is it fixable?
09-27-09, 10:41 PM
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They are theoretically rebuildable but I've never heard of it actually being done. When I went to find out about fixing my original Force lever, they just replaced it.
09-28-09, 02:15 AM
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Make sure it isn't the limit screw on your front derailleur. It could be set in too far and letting the chain climb onto the big ring but it isn't going far enough to let the shifter indexing kick in.
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+1.....undo your limit screw enough to make sure before you call the shifter broken.
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