I was adjusting the brakes and derailleur cables on the bike today and discovered that the threaded portion of both shifters with the barrel nut adjuster is broken. It is broken right where it enters the shifter body. The barrel nut and the threaded part spins with it so it will not tighten the cable. The threaded part is plastic and 21 years old so I guess it is understandable.

I have a set of Suntour Mountain shifters on my old bike that I would like to use as a replacement for the Deore XT shifters. The Suntours are all metal and have operated flawlessly for the past 15+ years on my old bike. Is it possible to replace the Deore shifters with the Suntour shifters without a lot of hassle? They are both 21 speeds, by the way.

Hey I think I will post this over in the Classics area so don't worry about replying to it here.

Thanks.

Lobo