Thank you, this was really helpful. I managed to save a 9 speed shifter after watching this a few times.

Thank you Atboy for showing us that this task although relatively complex, just has to followed patiently step by step.

Excellent video, thanks.

I am up to the warning. My cable end is stuck so if I don't go further the lever is junk. But alas on mine, the ST7800 the Philips screw at the back, at 4:40 is surrounded by a "don't turn me" washer bent up all around the screw on eight sides, and the Philips screw itself appears to have been made out of a particularly soft metal so that the cross of the Philips head stripped rather than allow the screw to open. I think I used the right sized screw driver, and put all the force pushing my driver into the screw as I could manage but all the same, it was not turning and I went and stripped it. They really don't want me to get to the mechanism. Perhaps I could drill the screw out. Perhaps when the bolts are back on the nose, the Philips screw does not need to be there. I have a special reverse threaded drill tool designed to remove stripped screws. I will try that. Thanks for the video.

@johnmckenna6203

26 күн бұрын

Just had the same problem with a stuck cable. I put the exposed cable end and clamped it in a vice then pulling hard tension on the cable I was able to click the shifter to zero and the cable pulled right out. Good luck.

@TimothyTakemoto

25 күн бұрын

@@johnmckenna6203 Alas the the standard method that you describe was not possible. Nor was I able to dismantle the assembly because the screw holding it together has a flanged washed designed to prevent it being undone. I have not given up. More modern brifters have a removable plate at the bottom, to allow removal of stuck cables. So I am think I will try to open a round hole in the bottom of the casing with a drill, and if I can thereby remove the cable, clise the he afterwards with a rubber bung.

@rediryou

25 күн бұрын

@@TimothyTakemoto Bummer yeah sounds like it's jammed good. Good luck.