STI shifter indexing, sometimes

Mighty A wrote:
|| this a common problem? Any suggestions about repair/replace?
|| Should I begin my campaign for a new bike, using this shifter
|| scenario as a useful excuse?

Yes, but keep the old bike for parts...then replace the shifter later. 🙂

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Mighty A wrote:
|| this a common problem? Any suggestions about repair/replace?
|| Should I begin my campaign for a new bike, using this shifter
|| scenario as a useful excuse?

Yes, but keep the old bike for parts...then replace the shifter later. 🙂

yes but you can just flush clean the shifter - lots of threads on this -
worked for me (and I wasn't allowed to buy a new bike)

ada-<< I have an old RSX triple drivetrain and the rear derailleur shifter
will, usually when shifting up, not shift. If I shift the lever a few
times the derailleur will engage, but I am concerned that this is a
warning that the shifter is about to give up the ghost. Is this a
common problem? >><BR><BR>

Yes. A flush with the 'STI repair kit', WD-40 or a good lube. If no soap,
replace is the only option.

Recommend Campagnolo ERGO, rear der and no more failed, gotta replace levers.

Peter Chisholm
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Boulder, CO, 80302
(303)440-3535
http://www.vecchios.com
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I have an old RSX triple drivetrain and the rear derailleur shifter
will, usually when shifting up, not shift. If I shift the lever a few
times the derailleur will engage, but I am concerned that this is a
warning that the shifter is about to give up the ghost. Is this a
common problem? Any suggestions about repair/replace? Should I begin
my campaign for a new bike, using this shifter scenario as a useful
excuse?

Andy

Are you sure the cable is not frayed where it enters the shifter?
Bill

Mighty A said:

I have an old RSX triple drivetrain and the rear derailleur shifter
will, usually when shifting up, not shift. If I shift the lever a few
times the derailleur will engage, but I am concerned that this is a
warning that the shifter is about to give up the ghost. Is this a
common problem?

Yes. It happened to me on the right shifter, and then on the left.
Bike needed a tuneup the first time anyway, so I brought it in, and they
fixed it, probably via the "STI repair kit" cited by others.

Haven't done anything about the left one yet, as I've gotten a new bike
in the meantime.

Dave

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Mighty A said:

I have an old RSX triple drivetrain and the rear derailleur shifter
will, usually when shifting up, not shift. If I shift the lever a few
times the derailleur will engage, but I am concerned that this is a
warning that the shifter is about to give up the ghost. Is this a
common problem?

Yes. It happened to me on the right shifter, and then on the left.
Bike needed a tuneup the first time anyway, so I brought it in, and they
fixed it, probably via the "STI repair kit" cited by others.

Haven't done anything about the left one yet, as I've gotten a new bike
in the meantime.

Dave

Bill,

http://www.billcotton.com/sti_shifter_repair.htm
I had a similar problem with my STI Ultegra (i.e. the long arm would not
return). After taking the whole thing apart I found a piece that had a
large burr that was the cause of my problem. I just wanted to let you know
that with a little bit of patience and a small screw driver and maybe an
extra hand it's not too difficult of a task to completely disassemble and
reassemble the shifter.

Thanks for the article.

Steve