Issues with Shimano 600 Tricolor shifters
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Issues with Shimano 600 Tricolor shifters
Postby adrian_d » Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:07 pm
I got to the final stages of assembling my pro lite cuneo and noticed that the second hand set of Shimano 600 Tricolor shifters are not shifting correctly.
The left hand side shifter seems to be shifting fine but the right hand shifter is not pulling in the rear deraileur cable.
Would it be possible for me to rebuild it myself or would it be better to just find another set of shifters?
I'm going to look out for a set of Shimano 105 shifters most likely.
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Re: Issues with Shimano 600 Tricolor shifters
Postby ldrcycles » Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:19 pm
Oh and if all else fails i have a set of 600 tricolour shifters i'm never going to use, one of them doesn't work and i have a feeling it's the opposite of your situation so happy yay if so.
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Re: Issues with Shimano 600 Tricolor shifters
Postby gururug » Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:23 pm
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v__P5Q6g1l4
-WD40
-Post them to the rebuild mob ( forgot there address )
-Replace
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Re: Issues with Shimano 600 Tricolor shifters
Postby adrian_d » Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:24 pm
Thanks for the heads up mate. What a pity that they aren't as serviceable.ldrcycles wrote:I've been TOLD (i don't actually know if it's true) that either all STI shifters, or at least the early ones, are completely unserviceable. However i've also heard that lubricant in 'the right spot' (of course no one ever actually specifies where this mythical right spot is) will get them going again. It's certainly worth having a crack at fixing it, have you seen the price of replacements?! .
Oh and if all else fails i have a set of 600 tricolour shifters i'm never going to use, one of them doesn't work and i have a feeling it's the opposite of your situation so happy yay if so.
Would you mind if I could follow you up on those 600 tricolor shifters? Is it possible you wouldn't mind checking which one was working?
Funny how these things happen ai? You just so happened to have the one I needed hehe
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Re: Issues with Shimano 600 Tricolor shifters
Postby ldrcycles » Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:26 pm
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Re: Issues with Shimano 600 Tricolor shifters
Postby adrian_d » Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:31 pm
Yeah even with holding the cable in my hand I can't actually feel it tensioning up at all. The cable isn't getting tighter as i'm clicking through the gears.gururug wrote:Assuming you installed correctly ( you did shift fully down before tensioning the cable? ).
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v__P5Q6g1l4
-WD40
-Post them to the rebuild mob ( forgot there address )
-Replace
Thanks for the heads up and link
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Re: Issues with Shimano 600 Tricolor shifters
Postby adrian_d » Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:31 pm
Thats really nice of you mate thanks very muchldrcycles wrote:Yep sure thing, they're out at my farm and i'm not there til tuesday so will be a little wait though.
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Re: Issues with Shimano 600 Tricolor shifters
Postby __PG__ » Sat Sep 22, 2012 9:05 pm
Have you tried spraying WD40 through the cable-guide hole in the ratchet yet?
My old 600 tricolor shifters used to fail on the downshift (i.e. letting out cable). They always worked when upshifting (i.e. pulling in cable)
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Re: Issues with Shimano 600 Tricolor shifters
Postby adrian_d » Sat Sep 22, 2012 9:42 pm
Hey Mate,__PG__ wrote:The mechanic at Bicycle Recycle in Melbourne claims to be able to rebuild Shimano STI shifters.
Have you tried spraying WD40 through the cable-guide hole in the ratchet yet?
My old 600 tricolor shifters used to fail on the downshift (i.e. letting out cable). They always worked when upshifting (i.e. pulling in cable)
Unfortunately mine has so far been both downshifting and upshifting. I believe the gear inside may have broke by the sounds of things.
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Re: Issues with Shimano 600 Tricolor shifters
Postby adrian_d » Sat Sep 22, 2012 10:34 pm
Maybe the cable was interfering with the shifter or maybe it was stuck at one point.
The only thing I was going to ask about was that my chain is touching the larger chain ring when using the smaller chain ring (and the smallest cassette gear). The only thing I could notice for this to happen could be that the cartridge doesn't seem to be sitting all the way on the rear wheel. There is about 2-3mm of the guide lines for the cassette gears showing.
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Re: Issues with Shimano 600 Tricolor shifters
Postby __PG__ » Sat Sep 22, 2012 10:43 pm
I once swapped by 8-speed cassette onto a mates' Mavic Askium (which was running 10 speed) and I never noticed any issues such as parts of the freehub still being visible.
Having said that you shouldn't be riding in the small-small combination anyway...but I bet you know that anyway
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Re: Issues with Shimano 600 Tricolor shifters
Postby adrian_d » Sat Sep 22, 2012 10:51 pm
Yeah your not wrong with regards to small small. Just thought if I get in that combination by mistake I know the chain won't scrape.__PG__ wrote:Are 10-speed freehubs the same width as an 8-speed freehub?
I once swapped by 8-speed cassette onto a mates' Mavic Askium (which was running 10 speed) and I never noticed any issues such as parts of the freehub still being visible.
Having said that you shouldn't be riding in the small-small combination anyway...but I bet you know that anyway
I will have to check it over again tomorrow, but if I remember correctly the cassette and lock ring had gone in all the way and it was sitting flush.
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Re: Issues with Shimano 600 Tricolor shifters
Postby rogerrabbit » Sun Nov 17, 2013 5:34 pm
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Re: Issues with Shimano 600 Tricolor shifters
Postby Duck! » Sun Nov 17, 2013 8:56 pm
Chain rub on the side of the big ring when in small/small gear is completely normal. Only some later-model cranksets have had the chainring spacing widened to reduce this.adrian_d wrote: The only thing I was going to ask about was that my chain is touching the larger chain ring when using the smaller chain ring (and the smallest cassette gear). The only thing I could notice for this to happen could be that the cartridge doesn't seem to be sitting all the way on the rear wheel. There is about 2-3mm of the guide lines for the cassette gears showing.
As for the cassette sitting on the freehub, unless you've got a 7-sp. cassette on a 8/9/10-sp. body, or a Mavic hub, which requires a 2mm spacer regardless of what cassette is on it, it will be sitting on properly. In either of those scenarios you'll know it's not right 'cos it will actually be moving on the hub. The machining of the freehub body is such that the troughed splines are cut deeper into the inner flange than the ridged ones (which have a step on the end for the cassette to tighten against), so you will see a little bit of that shaping inboard of the inner gear.
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