sram 7 shifters, cable replacement.

Marie

Help me!!! How do you replace the gear cable in a sram 7 shifter. I see a little rubber stop with a cross head in but it doesn't seem to do much. Help. :P

SiLvEr_SnAkE

X7 Manuals
http://www.sram.com/en/service/sram/vie ... subcatID=3

X7 Shifter PDF
http://www.sram.com/_media/techdocs/TS_ ... s_5_04.pdf

Marie

Fantastic!! Cheers

Ticaboy

Tip: unscrew the barrel adjuster out and off first. Threading the cable is tricky anyway, this just makes it easier (IMOP).

nicklouse

Tica is that for fitting the new cable?

removing the old one does seem to give some people problems. remove the plug. (thing with X on it) shift the shifter into the correct gear to allow the nipple to be pushed out (nipple will be visable) this is where the problems start. the sram shifter puts quite a bend into the cable meaning a straight push does not work. a push and twist is needed. might take a few goes to get it right.

top tip. easier with the shifter off the bars.

Ticaboy

Yes, for fitting new cables. I eventually put my shifter housing back together, and found threading the cable through the shifter was easier by taking the adjuster out and replacing once a bit of cable was sufficiently through.

dave_s

Good tip there Nick, I'm going to try that next time I change a cable in my SRAM X7 shifters.

I'm one the ones who always has probs getting the old cable out because it seems to jam itself in place. Will try a twist move next time I need to change cables. Normally with Shimano ones is so easy to swop cables but I have had probs with SRAM to the point where I don't even attempt to get the cable out without splitting the shifter. I'm ok at putting the shifter back together again now after doing it a few times but would rather just undo the plastic screw and swop the cable with the shifter unsplit