Can you help me identify this electrical cable found in my brifter?
09-28-15, 06:39 AM
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Can you help me identify this electrical cable found in my brifter?
My Sora rear brifter stopped shifting. When I looked inside, I saw what looked like a long paper strip all tangled up in the works. Turns out it is an electrical cable, labeled "Sumitomo AWM 2896 80C 30V VW-1".
It clearly wasn't helping my brifter, and one end was torn, so I cut it out. I degreased and greased the brifter and now it works again, but I'm so curious about this cable.
It clearly wasn't helping my brifter, and one end was torn, so I cut it out. I degreased and greased the brifter and now it works again, but I'm so curious about this cable.
09-28-15, 06:42 AM
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It's an electrical cable manufactured by Sumitomo.
09-28-15, 06:46 AM
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Is it a "Flight Deck" brifter? If so is is likely the interconnect cable for the Flight Deck functionality.
09-28-15, 06:57 AM
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Most Shimano road STI's until the current generation were wired for Flightdeck, never seen anyone actually using it, as the computer head units were very expensive.
09-28-15, 06:59 AM
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