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@RJTheBikeGuy

5 жыл бұрын

@Dave Sihaloho No I wouldn't.

@RJTheBikeGuy

5 жыл бұрын

@비니보이 More often than not, it's just stuck pawls. Try this. Keep in mind, it can sometimes take longer, and repeated applications of solvent and movement to get the pawls freed up.

@RJTheBikeGuy

5 жыл бұрын

@비니보이 I don't know. Doesn't hurt to keep trying for a bit. It could be broken. It does happen.

@guseast6684

2 жыл бұрын

Ligit the exact story I had with a norco picante from 1997 thanks a great deal

Great info, you have inspired my 14 year old kid to work on his bike and now is tooling on his friends. Keeps him away from the TV and games which were his addiction. He's not lazy, just not interested. Now taking his bike apart is his passion. He tries everything you post, and the people at the bike shop know him by name now. Once more thank you for sharing. A little goes a long way.

@RJTheBikeGuy

6 жыл бұрын

Way cool! :D

@moi7748

5 жыл бұрын

That's great news 👍👍

@copypaste3526

4 жыл бұрын

SISCO KID I hope his friends don't mind.

@donchiva2222

4 жыл бұрын

Good to hear. My sons have sex addition problems (caught them masturbating at porn too many times to count), and I am trying go inspire them to fix their own bikes as well. Please bless us with good luck!

@renman103

3 жыл бұрын

@@donchiva2222 WD 40 might help them too

RJ you just saved me $180 and a lot of hunting for an old set of ultegra 10 speed shifters! You’re a legend for putting up all this info for free & so well explained too.

I was getting ready to go throught the complete overhaul of the shifters and this video saved me a couple of hours (and more aggravation). The right one took a bit more convincing that in the video, but at the end it started catching as new. I sprayed new lubricant inside and I'm ready to go. Thank you, RJ !

I just fixed my shifter using your method, my old bike after 10 years of stillness now is ready to go outside! Only WD-40 in not enough to unlock internal gears and mechanical parts. I heat the part with hairdryer and after some seconds CLACK CLACK!! The lever is unlocked and working like magic! The heat melted and made the sticky fat much more fluid. I'm so happy, thank you! You saved me much money!

I can’t believe how simple of a solution this is. I messed with the derailleur and cable tension for probably 20 minutes before realizing the shifter was the problem. Then I tried taking it apart to see what was wrong. Fortunately, I found this video before getting too far with disassembly. Of course, the WD40 fixed the problem instantly. Thanks for the video six years later! I’ve been riding the same bike since 2005, and this was happening increasingly frequently on the third chainring. During the last few rides, the third chainring was completely inaccessible.

I tuned up my bikes for the first time in a few years to work on my social distancing, and to my dismay none of the shifters worked correctly! This is the first and only vid I watched and it worked like a charm! Thank you!!

RJ saves the day yet another time. I googled my problem a video of yours popped up and sure enough you had my back once again. Your videos are truly a tressure. All the the best wishes from Denmark.

RJ, your method worked great on my ancient Shimano 105 shifter. Symptoms exactly as you described in your video, and solution was exactly as you demonstrated. You saved me $, not having to buy new parts or even burn time disassembling! Muchas gracias - simple, practical, elegant solution.

Midnight before my first race of the season. Everything’s packed and I pull my bike down to give the chain a layer of lube to soak overnight. Panic strikes when the shifter won’t engage the gears!! I was freaking out, thinking I’d need to replace the cable. Merckx be praised I found your channel (and have some WD40 in the garage)! I thought it was a long shot, but THIS TOTALLY WORKED! Thank you so much!! Now...off to bed, I’ve got to dish out some suffering in a few hours.

Thank you so much for this. I've wrenched on my own bikes for 30 years, and was about to drop way too much money on a new ultegra shifter for a used cannondale I just picked up. The guy discounted it because the shifter wasn't working! This totally worked!!!!! Thank you!

I recently acquired a road bike, my first ever, I'm used to mountain bikes so I'd never seen this shifting mechanism before. I thought there was something badly wrong with it, but it was just as you'd described. Thank you so much!

Thanks for taking the time to make these videos. Very helpful and appreciated!Cheers, Byron

Brilliant! Bike shop wanted hundreds to fix - this took 5 minutes and worked perfectly. Awesome!!

Super great info! My bike gears didn't work when I came to my bike today. I did what you said in the video and after a short time, everything worked perfectly again. Big thanks!

Thank you RJ. I had this exact problem on my own bike when I was 800 miles away from home. I used WD 40 and TriFlow as you recommended. I was skeptical, but it worked after only a few minutes, just like in your video. I am very happy!

This totally worked on my 1999 Mongoose I got back in high school! Shifts like new now. Great video!

You just saved me $250, the price of a new pair of Ultegra 2x10 shifters: WD40 followed by light oil did the trick, and I didn't even need to unwrap the bar tape; just find the nub of the gear cable by sqeezing the lever and sqirt. Genius!

Thanks for sharing this information. I was just about to bring my road bike to the shop because it wouldn't shift to the highest gears. I can't believe the fix was a simple as spraying the inside of the shifter with WD-40. This vid saved me lots of time and money! Thanks gain!!

Huge thanks! My Dura-Ace front derailleur down-shift lever missed the pawl 10-50% of the time. I just started riding again after my bike sat for a couple years, so this makes perfect sense. I lubed everything but the cables and shifters (flight decks) just to get riding before sundown, so the shifter was still gummed up even though it felt fine. Lubed the flight deck (didn't feel WD-40 was needed) yesterday and NAILED IT! No more missed downshifts. THANKS!

I’d like to add my thanks for posting this video. Saved me buying a new shifter. I’d never come across the problem before and such an easy fix. Thanks so much.

RJ!!! You did it again!! Another puzzle solved and and bike brought back to life. Thank you!

I had the same issue with my Shimano Ultegra shifters. Your suggestion did the trick. It is nice to nave consistent shifting again. Thanks RJ

My wife had the rear shifter replaced because of this problem a few years ago. Front shifter froze after sitting for a year, but this video saved the cost of taking it to the shop again. Worked PERFECTLY! Thank you!

Amazing! Troubleshooting the shifting problems on my bicycle have finally come to an end. Thank you so much for this video ❤

I had my shifter not shifting and then came across this. I had no expectations this was going to solve my issue. I had nothing to lose so I tried it. IT WORKED!! Thank you for posting this

Fantastic suggestion! My left shifter would only catch sometimes so I took your advice and now it catches every time. Thanks!

I had the same problem with a Tiagra 4700 shifter, I tried the fix in your video and it now works. Thanks a lot for the video. It seems that it is a common problem on this type of shfiter.

This is a very, very good tip. Thanks. I was concerned that my gear shifters weren't making enough of a "click sound". They worked, but the cliick was missing. Somethign was about to go wrong, I think. Once again, thanks for taking the time to upload. It's much appreciated.

Thanks! Just fixed 20 year old Shimano RX -100 small cogs shifter. Must have saved me quite a few Australian dollars. You are a generous genius.

This worked great for my DA 7800 shifters. I thought they needed to be rebuilt. They were getting worse for about two years. I cleaned them immediately after watching this video and now they work like new! Thanks for the great video!!!!!

Awesome fixed my old Ultegra 9 speed x2 shifters, Works perfectly now!!! Bike shop was pushing for a new drivetrain and I just bought a bottle of tri-flow!!!

Thank you so much for the tip. The bike shop wanted lots of money ($250) to replace my shifter. I delayed the repair and explored the net instead to find your tip. W40 did the trick. It took lots of it and patience but my shifter is working well now.

Fantastic. Saved me a trip to the bike shop and/or a new shifter.

worked like a charm. WD-40 and Tri-Flow. Wow, that was a heck of a lot easier and cheaper than buying new/used DuraAce shifters and installing them. Guess I need to go for a ride now.

thanks so much for this video. I have an old Trek 2100 that is a great classic carbon fiber bike with Shimano rs100 shifters. I was down to one speed, and after watching your video, I was able to completely return it to working condition. Thanks much.

@ethansimon6874

6 жыл бұрын

I've got a 2100 too! Same problem with shifters. So glad I found this video!

Thanks so much for posting this! You just saved me making a mistake by getting rid of my bike! You’re awesome!

Pulled my 2009 Scott Speedster S30 out of the garage to clean it up and sell it. Both shifters had this exact problem. Your WD40 trick worked great. Thank you.

Thank you. I was just about to replace the whole shifter cable when I came across your video. This is all that was needed.

Thanks a lot man! I fixed a friends Ultegra setup that had been down for over a year because it wasnt shifting, all thanks to the video.

Fantastic, worked exactly as expected. I can properly shift again!

I am so chocked that this actually worked. I tried it out yesterday, mega sceptical. For a long time nothing happend, but suddenly it started to click! Thank you soo much!

RJ, I am so looking forward to getting home to try this out. Thank you for these videos.

I'm impressed. Fixed the issue quickly. You also know what WD40 is good for and NOT good for.

Excellent video! With MTB rapidfire shifters, you can take off the casing to see the innards and then you can actually see which pawl(s) aren't springing back and just target the gt85/wd40 to the gunked up pawl and wiggle it free with a flathead screwdriver... that way you don't need to go crazy with solvent everywhere and having to then re-lube it all. Most have a topbolt so you can easily remove the shifter without the hassle of sliding the grips and levers off first.

my shifters on the RSX SHIMANO system were doing exactly what you described. I use tri flow all the time. I flooded the inside and pawls. with a little work, they started working great!! thanks for the tip!!

I was on the verge of buying a replacement shifter for my Dura Ace 7800 shifter before I came across your video. Just tried it and it worked like a charm! Thanks very much!

Exactly what I needed. Great video, thank you!

Thansk!! Been having a struggle with this. Worked like a charm afterwards!

I was going to replace the whole brake shifter and then I saw this. 5 bucks for some silicone lubricant and it works perfectly. Thank you!

My bike had been sitting for a few years and I wanted to start riding again. Except it had this problem where once it got to a certain gear, the bike wouldn't shift. So my bike wouldn't shift past certain gears. The shifter would basically just press all the way back but wouldn't do anything. Most of the answers I found online were the shifter cable needed tension, but that didn't work when I tried it. I figured it had to be something wrong with the shifter, but then I found your video and this was the exact solution to my problem. Once I started working in the WD-40, the shifter started to snag again so that it could shift gears all the way. Thank you for making this video!

Thank you. Very useful. I needed that for refresh my 105 shift gear.

We were given my late brother in law's bike and it had this exact problem. Thank you immensely for helping resolve this issue. I'm so happy we are able to ride the bike and add some more k's on it rather than it just be an ornament.

Wow! Went to town with bike not ridden for 13 years. By time I left town bike still not started. Brought home - watched this and got both my derailleurs unstuck. Then did my husbands bike. Used the wd40 but didn’t have the spray oil so just turned bike upside down and used chain oil. Thanks so much!

So simple, so helpful! Thanks a lot Mister!

Worked perfectly. Thanks RJ!!!

I had the exact same problem, and this method fixed it. Thanks a bunch!

I just tried this. It worked like a charm. Ty for posting

That fixed it! Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and spreading your skill set. Much appreciated!

Always gave a good tips to bike DIYers.. Thank you RJ

Great video, I have spent the last few days trying to fix this and your video just saved me a trip to the shop and alot of money

Worked like a charm. I was always taught to never put any lubricants in my shifter pods but I guess I learned wrong. Thanks.

Fantastic tip, worked instantly. Never knew this could happen.

This worked exactly as you said it would. Thank you!

My rear derailleur wasn’t shifting and after I watched your video and spray some WD-40 and it shifted flawlessly. You saved me a trip to the bike shop and money. Thank you!

Just tried this on my 2005 Dura Ace equipped Trek Madone 5.9. The up shifting mechanism on the rear cassette would not engage at all. Used technique shown in this video and it worked like a charm !!!!! I was certain the shifter was stripped/broken and would have to be replaced for $$$. Good ole WD-40 and Tri-Flow did the job.

I was almost sure i would have to spend money at a bike shop to get this fixed, 3 minutes on youtube and problem solved, Thanks RJ.

That was awesome info. You saved me a trip to the bike shop, some money, time and gas. Thank you very much!

Worked perfectly! Thanks for posting.

Great video, worked like a charm on my Dura Ace shifters.

Worked like a charm! Thank you!

Just bought a BH Top Line with this issue. Will try it out first thing tomorrow! Fantastic!!!

This exact video just fixed my bike. Legend thanks dude

I recently purchased a beautiful, late 90's, Giant Team CFR composite bike for $25 that had nice 105 shifters. It also came with an extra pair of ITM Super 330 bars with Ultegra shifters. I didn't think much about it until I watched your video. Sure enough, the left one wouldn't disengage to release cable allowing to shift to smaller front chaining. I followed your instructions, wiggled, sprayed, jiggled, but still nothing. I sprayed again and let it sit overnight , then this morning "click, click". WORKS PERFECTLY......... Now in addition to the "way cool" retro yellow carbon fiber bike, I have fully functioning brifters for a my newest project, a 90's Titanium VanTuyl full Ultegra TT bike that I'm converting from bullhorns to drops.(got it for $30+$10 gas).................RJ ,YOU ARE THE MAN.........

@Sionnach1601

7 жыл бұрын

He really is! I cannot speak highly enough about him. Really really honest videos, and exceptionally clever down-to-earth-man. And his video *quality* is second-to-none too. The picture quality, exposure, he uses nice light environments, uses tripods, the subject is always nicely in focus, perfect clarity every time. He gets the sound perfect too which MOST others don't. You can always hear him really clearly. His vids are just so nice to watch. He *can* be a bit grumpy at times in commenting, but as a mechanic....wow, I really don't think you could find any better. Even looking at ALL of the different areas that he works with, there is not a single thing mechanically he can't put his hand to. The guy would honestly have been an asset to NASA!

You’re my hero for this. Thank you!!!

WD40 a few rounds worked. Both shifters are back to life. Thank for this video.

Great advice; thanks for the clear instructions as they saved me a lot of time and money!

Just like to send you thanks 🙏 from Denmark 🇩🇰 where I just did this fix for a friend of mine after watching this video …. Very appreciated

Worked for my MTB front shifter - saved me an entirely unnecessary trip to the bike shop. Thanks!

Thanks man! My shimano ultrega shifters work again! It needed WD-40 and some lubricant to bring them back! Now they are like new.

Thanks so much for posting this!

Fixed the issue perfectly. Thank you so much!

Just did this with Tr-Flow and it fixed my Ultegra shifters, thanks!

That worked! I didn't believe that a complex mechanism could have a simple fix.

Hi there RJ, Just wanted to say a massive thank you to you. I've just resurrected a pair of RSX 7 speed/triple shifters on my Dads bike that's been stored in his garage for the best part of 20 years. The levers were totally dead, stuck in the highest gears with no indexing at all. WD40 worked its magic, then a bit of GT85 and now they feel like they did when I fitted them over 20 years ago! Thank you RJ your a genius.👍😊🚴

Worked a treat. Thanks

Legend! Opening it up it looked like new, but this still did the trick! Thank you

@RJTheBikeGuy

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

Amazing info worked a treat for me

holy cow this worked! my shifter was completely unresponsive. i didn't have any wd-40 on hand. i used 3-in-1 garage door lube to get it working again. Thanks RJ!

Sir, you are a star, thank you for saving me from frustration, and anguish. A straight forward method that works, is it all it took to resolve my gear problem.

Thanks for posting this.

Works very well. Thanks, mate! Saved me a ton of cash.

Wow, Thanks for this video... Just picked up an older Univega with the same problem... PROBLEM SOLVED!!!

Hellow Rj The Bike Guy i love your repair video i just found you on here and you just savede my ass with your video. i dont have so much money each months so the self repair videos really helps me out

Amazing video, fixed exactly my problem!!! Thank you!

Worked like a charm... Thanks

Thanks mate. Worked for me. I was stumped. The shifter was doing nothing. A quick spray, and it works. :)

I skipped the WD-40 step and went to the tri flow but I used the bottle with the tiny straw dispenser. That didn’t work so well so I came to your channel to see how to do it right,. Thanks for your videos.

That worked! Thanks for the encouragement.

Worked for me, thanks a lot👍