"A Muzi" <
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> "Jon Isaacs" <
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> > >Last generation C-Record, from about 1987 thru 1991 or so-
> >
> > So how do you tell it from the other gruppos??
>
> The early C-180 Record #102050 had a solid cage cover over the lower
pulley
> as well as the top one. This later model is open on the bottom, closed on top. The older outer
> body plate is in one large flush plane so it looks "fatter". The later Record #A010 is sculpted
> and defined a bit so the
outer
> body plate looks less chunky. The early model limit screws are flush or recessed and you cannot
> see the springs around them. The later model's
limit
> screws are Phillips head and can actually be turned . [The early one required a very thin blade
> screwwdriver - the kind not common to bicycle shops!] Both have ball-bearing rollers with the
> early one held by
screws
> from the front engaging sleeves from the back. The later model's pulley screws just screw into the
> cage plate like everthing else.
>
> But the quickest ID - what I saw first - is the script lettering on the
late
> model 1987 changer. The 1985 had the shield logo stamped sideways.
>
> --
> Andrew Muzi
http://www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April 1971
>
>
Y'all have WAY too much time on your hands.
Mike