Originally Posted by
Kontact
Broken cables in Shimano brifters has been a problem since 8 speed was introduced and continued in 11. There is no reason not to inspect the cable.
The problem really did start with 10sp and 105 the worst. I never picked a frayed cable out till the first of the 5800 series 105 started flowing through and then it became surprisingly common.
Originally Posted by
bikemike73
Yes
The seller said the bike has not been used in about 3 years .
the cables look new
hopefully new cable and some lube will work.
I sprayed some wd 40 in the general area but not directly in the cable port.
Will do as suggested and report back.
Thank you!!!
With these tiagra shifters you should be able to lightly squeeze the lever and see the hole the cable goes through, by holding the lever open/lightly squeezing the brakes you can watch the mechanism move through the cable insertion hole and see if its actually moving. One trick that has helped some in the past when a lever isn't working quite right is to push the smaller lever forward into the bigger lever and then push into the downshift, so you're pushing diagonally. This wiggles things just enough inside to get them to move. Once done, just spray everything inside till it all moves.