Originally Posted by
Charles Wahl
Another question: I have the later model type (not like those shown above) that have the cutout in the lever. All of the ones I have seem to have a nylon washer at the end of the screw, that makes it difficult (but not impossible for a determined tinkerer) to remove the screw. Does that washer serve any other purpose than to keep the screw from falling out? They look pretty chewed up to me.
I have a pair of those shifters too, and it took me a while to figure out why the mounting bolt wouldn't come out. So, to answer your question, no, the nylon washer serves no other purpose than to stop the bolt falling out. I actually enquired on this forum as to why the bolt wouldn't simply just fall out, and someone's response was "I don't get it. It's just a bolt".
One was actually missing on mine, so that is why I was so perplexed as to why one bolt was just rattling around, ready to fall out, and the other seemed stuck in place.
-Leigh