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  • The job that needs doing, but you know it will take away your soul
  • Conan257
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    My left/front shifter is very stiff going into a bigger ring… Pretty sure it needs a strip down and service as it’s been like that with 2 front mechs…

    But when I service the right/rear shifter it took me around 2 hours to get the little spring into place!

    buzz-lightyear
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    Probably not the shifter just the cable and maybe the derailed could do with some lube

    Conan257
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    Cables are 3 months old, replaced in Jan, mech gets lubed every time the bike gets hosed down…

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    MaryHinge
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    Remove the cable entry bung and spray looooads of TF2/GT85 in there, and operate the lever a few times.

    Always worth oiling the cable or fitting a new one (oiled before assembly) even if your current one has only been on 3 months, it’s been a damp old winter.

    Also check cable routing for tight bends etc.

    EDIT and it might start out as a soul destroying job, but think how nice it will be to have slick gears again, and how proud you’ll be that you sorted it yourself.

    Conan257
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    Missus is off pampering herself on Sunday…

    Think I’ll be doing it then!

    jools182
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    bleeding brakes

    usually ending with damaging the surface of something with brake fluid, kitchen table, floor, my eye

    LoCo
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    Sorting the fuel pipes on the ZX7 R which are a total pain as my hands are too big 👿

    roadie_in_denial
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    You do know that shifters are generally reckoned not to be user servicable?

    trail_rat
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    sanding and skimming my walls back to perfect finish 🙁

    looked like a hatchet attack when i started.

    slowely getting there, just lose the will to live when ever i start it

    MaryHinge
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    @Trail Rat – thanks for reminding me…..one of this weekend’s jobs is painting the home office 🙁

    Did the ceiling last weekend, walls filled and flatted during the week, a tin of “toasted almond” lurking in the utility room, giving a light cough in my direction every time I pass.

    My life is ebbing away.

    I’m off to mop the kitchen/utility/hall floors now, to take my mind off painting!

    Conan257
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    roadie_in_denial – Member
    You do know that shifters are generally reckoned not to be user servicable?

    Talk like that would have lost us the war!

    Zero cost to service a shifter, compared to £lots to buy a new one!

    aracer
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    I’ve serviced shifters – and also other stuff you’re not supposed to be able to do, like replacing bearings in freehubs. However personally I’d go with Mary Hinge’s recommendation – I’m far from convinced that taking one to pieces is actually preferable to squirting loads of light lube in.

    yunki
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    raising my children responsibly..

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