Trek 560 shifter problem
05-06-08 | 10:02 PM
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From: Rohnert Park/Davis
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Trek 560 shifter problem
Hey guys, I finally got my hands on a pretty sweet vintage bike. Its a 1987 Red and Yellow Trek 560 and I picked it up for $250 a couple weeks ago. Unfortunately the downtube shifters have been giving me some problems. At first the index shifting was perfect, however a few days ago I was shifting and the shifters weren't clicking and the shifter also seemed to be kind of loose. Also the shifter arm wouldn't stay put and would just shift back to top gear whenever I tried to shift into lower gears on the freewheel. Right now I have them on friction mode and they work alright but I wanna get them to work as index shifters again. I also just tried taking them apart but for some reason they wouldn't go back together properly so yeah theyre just friction right now. Any help would be appreciated and I can get some pics if necessary. Thanks a bunch.
-Ryan
-Ryan
05-07-08 | 08:42 AM
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Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;
You probably won't like my advice, which is simply to leave it in friction mode, as I do on my mountain bike.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
05-07-08 | 04:21 PM
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Tighten the screw that connects the shifter to the braze on (or clamp). If that doesn't work, perhaps you're missing a washer, or have something out of sequence in the assembly.
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