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Old 01-01-26 | 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Thigh Master
After only 3,000 miles the Pinion gearbox shifting cable has failed where it exits a TRP Hylex lever (drop bar model). The fail point is left hand lever, circled in photo. This seems designed to fai: short radius, metal on metal. Any ideas on mitigating this? Anyone else have this issue? The dealer has no options for this.
Frequent inspection and early replacement are the best things for this problem.
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