Shifter Has a Lot of Play in It

hanso said:

ok Calboy there should be some little flats for a spanner on the base of the ball you will need to gently push aside the foam grease retainer assumming they are still there and they are on the ball =side of shifter out of view in your piucture

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Calboy said:

The grease retainers are coming apart.
But the question is, if I could get a wrench in there to keep it from turning so I can actually tighten that M6 nut, wouldn't I still have that play because of the thickness of the wrench itself?
To accomplish anything I would probably need one of those real thin bicycle spanners which I don't have. I threw them all away the moment I found out Lance Armstrong was a cheater !!

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scot in exile said:

Stock or not clean the bloody thing

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TOMCAT said:

Calboy is the play excessive or interfering with gear changes ? .. if not just leave it alone and ride (and enjoy) your new bike as been suggested. Rockets never going to have slick gear changes like other bikes .. gearbox is more agricultural than quick shift mate.

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Calboy said:

It took me a couple of hours, trip to the hardware store included, but I have finally fixed it.
Took the shifter link apart, bought a dome nut and a lock washer, cleaned everything up, used some special German lubricant for the ball joints and everything is working great.
No, there is no more play at all. I am sure now, after taking everything apart, that it was never meant to be any.

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hanso said:

Job Well Done, have you been watching the "Giro de Italia" some great riders in there, near gave me a heart attack watching them going up some of the steep grades,.... Oh to be Young and Fit again

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