juntjoo

Can't for the life of me figure out how this opens up to get the cable out. It's too short. No screws visible anywhere.

juntjoo

I got it. It just clips together. Had to dig a small flat head screw driver in there

maddog34

did a tiny plastic bit fall out when you prised it apart?

bummer.
if so, you broke your shifter. That WAS one of the retaining clip.

juntjoo

Miraculously I didn't break anything like I usually do as my stupidity+ impatience+ old stuff usually = me breaking something. I would have preferred screws though. I bet these clips will break after a couple changes

RCMoeur 

The Shimano twist shifters do open like that - they're relatively easy to recable. Other brands such as GripShift require disassembling the twist part from the side/inner part that clamps to the handlebar to access the cable, so you can watch the oddly-shaped little metal spring jump out and head for the most inaccessible corner of your work area (as happened to me earlier today).

RCMoeur 

I think the original designers of twist shifters assumed that because the cable path had such gradual bends, there would never be a reason to replace the cable, as it should never break (downtube, thumb, and barcon shifters were known for cable failures near the shifter due to the tight radius on the shifter body).

Heh.

I keep a small box of dead twist shifters as parts donors for ones I'm fixing or recabling.

But at least twist shifters don't gum up like old Rapidfires or brifters...

maddog34

I've found that if you put a tiny flat blade screwdriver into the Rectangle that the clip clips into, you can then twist the driver and release the clip... not sure if that's what Juntjoo did or not... and the "clip" tip tends to wear out after a few remove/installs... pretty sure we'd ALL have preferred tiny screws... but ones that don't immediately seek out tiny hiding spots in various dark, dog hair filled, corners and crevices in the shop ... I begin my searches by passing a very strong magnet over the 3/16" crack beneath the workbench....i usually come up with several front axle bearing balls, but the shift cover screws are only found there about half the time....

i know there's a big stash of those tiny screws.... somewhere in here.... laughing... no magnet can reach them, and they KNOW IT.

DonkeyShow

I def broke some plastic bits in my sora shifter trying to fix it. Works fine now.

RCMoeur 

They're hanging out in the crannies with the grip-shift springs and the 5 mm nylock nuts, watching us... and laughing their little metallic heads off.