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Originally posted by 012910
[B]Okay let me start out and say that I'm an idiot and I did what you are not supposed to do and that was to take apart my sti shifters (shim 600).
Hey!
You're not an idiot! I hate that non-repairable, disposable world crap and I think you are 100% right to try to do something about it yourself.
I had a shimano mtb front shifter fail, refusing to click down to the last chain ring. I took it apart and figured out the problem within about 30 minutes (small return spring had popped out of it's hole) fixed that issue, and then spent about the next four days slowly figuring out way to re-tension all the springs and fit all the little plates and pawls back together. Hell of a trick, requiring some pretty deft maneuvering, but the fact of the matter is that there was NOTHING broken or in need of replacement, just one small glitch that I could easily have fixed in an hour or two if they just provided schematics.
Yet another reason that I have Campy on my road bike.
Look, keep hacking at it, not only does it give you a great sense of accomplishnent when you finally figure it out and fix it, but using your brain like that makes if BIGGER! And I, for one, can't work on my bikes without drinking beer, and we all know what THAT does to brain cells.
Whit