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Originally Posted by American Euchre
Yeah, I had to open up some deore shifters and sprayed a bit of tri flow and now the shifters are working quite well.

Why do they stop working with non use?
Factory grease hardens and the pawls stop springing back. The typical symptom is that you push a shift lever and it doesn't "catch".
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