I recently picked up a used set of Record 9 speed, 1998 Ergo levers. Both needed new G-springs, which I replaced, the spring carriers were unbroken. I overhauled both and installed them. The right lever shifts fine, but the left lever will slip when I'm in the big ring (triple crank). Did I do something wrong when I rebuilt the left lever? I compared the new springs to the old ones, they were the identical, except the old ones were very worn. I may have been a bit, uh, liberal with the grease inside the mechanism, could that create a problem if I got some grease on the indexing cog? I've rebuilt right-hand levers several times successfully, this was the first left-hand lever I've done. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
I recently picked up a used set of Record 9 speed, 1998 Ergo levers. Both needed new G-springs, which I replaced, the spring carriers were unbroken. I overhauled both and installed them. The right lever shifts fine, but the left lever will slip when I'm in the big ring (triple crank). Did I do something wrong when I rebuilt the left lever? I compared the new springs to the old ones, they were the identical, except the old ones were very worn. I may have been a bit, uh, liberal with the grease inside the mechanism, could that create a problem if I got some grease on the indexing cog? I've rebuilt right-hand levers several times successfully, this was the first left-hand lever I've done. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Jonathan
When I overhauled my Ergo levers and reassembled them with plenty of grease smeared on the insides, the shifting was bad. Vague. Did not click solidly into each gear. So I took them apart again and removed all of the grease. Crisp shifting from then on. If you want to lubricate the insides, you can drip thick oil into the levers periodically.
