Help with installing STI brifters on bar
03-12-08, 09:48 AM
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Help with installing STI brifters on bar
Okay, so I'm an idiot--please be gentle. I have a set of 105 brifters and I can't seem to locate the bolt in the lever body that allows me to loosen/tighten the metal bands that clamp onto the bar. Can you give any guidance as to what I should be looking for, or even better, a picture?
03-12-08, 09:51 AM
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On the side of the brifter, just forward on the rubber good you will find a half (sort of) round groove. This is where you place the allen wrench as you push it in under the hood. Feel around for a while and you will seat into the bolt.
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I just upgrade from downtube to 105 brifters last weekend. On the out side of each shifter there is a little dpression in the metal. Here you can stick a fingernail in and lift the hood (not peel back just lift). There is an allen head screw inside but you have to pull the rubber hoodout quite a bit to see it.
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Shimano's Site
Shimano has pdf files of the installation instructions. The link above is for the 105 group, just find the brifters you have.
Shimano has pdf files of the installation instructions. The link above is for the 105 group, just find the brifters you have.
