Thanks to William & Jon for their responses. That got it. The engagement tab on the Shimano washer needs to be pointed down. We've got clear skies & cool temps here in SoCal, so a perfect day for a test ride.
Happy Thanksgiving to all! dougP On Nov 24, 3:44 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Doug > > The clicks simply don't just "go away". I think I can guess what you > did. > > I suspect that the shifter was not all the way down when you removed > it in the first place, so the whole lever part was already wound > several clicks around the internal part which is supposed to stay in a > fixed position. When you put it back together, you put the Shimano > washer into the lever the only way it can go, with that single tab > lined up with the slot in the shift lever, and then lined up the > square recess on the back side of the Shimano washer with the square > shape on the plug that's in the bar. You are probably just off by 90 > degrees. > > If you suspect I'm right, do the following: > > 1. Move the shifter all the way down > 2. Remove the shifter and the Shimano washer > 3. Move the derailer by hand into the middle of the cogset. Pedal so > the chain actually goes to a middle cog. That will put some slack in > the cable > 4. Now put the lever and Shimano assembly back on, but rotated 90 > degrees. You might be pulling against cable, so help yourself out by > pushing the derailer a little more or have a helper do that part > 5. Snug up the screw that mounts the assembly back on > 6. Now you should have the same couple of clicks in the pull > direction, plus the missing 5 or so in the release direction > > I hope that's it. > > Bill > > On Nov 24, 2:39 pm, doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > > > > > I should add that I didn't take apart anything other than the lever > > assembly loose from the mounting post. Everything was clean & dry so > > I just put it back together at that point. Starting from the bottom > > (lever straight down) I get 2 "clicks", then a long bit of travel, the > > 3 more clicks. The first click gets from small to next, but the next > > click jumps to the 4th cog (from the bottom). The last 3 engage the > > biggest 3 cogs correctly. > > > dougP > > > On Nov 24, 2:16 pm, doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > > > > The shifting on my wife's new to her Atlantis seemed a bit stiff. > > > Since the bike had been sitting most of its life, fresh cables seemed > > > a good start. Like a good boy scout, I decided to check the Shimano 8 > > > speed bar end shift levers for any dirt or crud. Somehow in the > > > process of doing so I've "lost" the indexing in the middle of the > > > lever throw. To all appearances everything only goes together one > > > way, and nothing needs to be forced to assemble. On friction it works > > > properly but she really likes her indexing. All the index positions > > > worked before I took it apart. Any ideas as to what my fumbling > > > fingers could have done? > > > > dougP- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
