Thanks for your help in advance...I have a Shimano 105 crank and am using Shimano "515 or S1S" sp shifter cables. I think they are 515's but wasn't certain. A few weeks ago I was only getting it to shift on the right side, then last week the left side quit too.
I tried spraying some lubricant into the inner workings. Then I turned it upside down and pretended to know what I was doing...by tinkering around a bit. I was implicitly told by my bike shop guy to not under any circumstances take apart the shifter itself because it would be a bigger job than my novice self could handle. So I tried only to adjust some of the exterior settings which there weren't a lot of.
The symptoms:
1.) When i first noticed the problem, the bike would shift and the chain would derail all the way down to the smallest sprocket setting.
2.) When I shift it upside down I cant feel or see any movement in the exposed cables. I dont know if this matters or not.
3.) When I am riding it it does nothing when I push the shifter in. A few weeks ago it would shift but drop to the lowest gear.
If you have any idea how I can fix this myself or what to tell my bike shop guy...please email me at [email protected] or call me at 321-960-8297.
Thanks for your help.
James
I tried spraying some lubricant into the inner workings. Then I turned it upside down and pretended to know what I was doing...by tinkering around a bit. I was implicitly told by my bike shop guy to not under any circumstances take apart the shifter itself because it would be a bigger job than my novice self could handle. So I tried only to adjust some of the exterior settings which there weren't a lot of.
The symptoms:
1.) When i first noticed the problem, the bike would shift and the chain would derail all the way down to the smallest sprocket setting.
2.) When I shift it upside down I cant feel or see any movement in the exposed cables. I dont know if this matters or not.
3.) When I am riding it it does nothing when I push the shifter in. A few weeks ago it would shift but drop to the lowest gear.
If you have any idea how I can fix this myself or what to tell my bike shop guy...please email me at [email protected] or call me at 321-960-8297.
Thanks for your help.
James