gear failure

ade73

hi folks
riding home from work today and my gears just gave up and the shifter button looks stuck and i can,t press it at all and the derailure does,nt move cables are fine just the shifter when i want to shift up in gear the button won,t press at all its stuck solid what do i need to do guys any tips
cheers

nicklouse

and the gears are?

frozen cables?

will it shift one way and not the other?

does the mech move if you press/pull it?

ade73

yeah the mech moves on the cables seem fine as when i left work for home they were fine until when i was pedaling my chain kept on slipping a couple of times

then all of a sudden when i wanted to go into a lighter gear thats when i pressed the button on the shifter and found out it was stuck

they are deore gears

ride_whenever

Is the cable still taught? Can you pull it out of the shifter easily?

Personally i'd cut the cable along the top-tube and then take the shifter apart to see if you can fix it. they're not to hard to pull apart and put back together.

ade73

i had a look at the cables and pulled them they seem to move freely

my only option is to take the shifter apart i pressed the button and it presses a little bit but not all the way its really hard to press

Woodenleg

Sounds like moisture in the shifter body has frozen.Hardly surprising today. I'd warm it up for half an hour before taking anything apart. You might not need to.

cooldad

Frozen - thaw it out and see.

cooldad

Slow fingers.

ade73

cheers guys

i,ll leave it overnight as i keep my bike indoors in the hall way by the heating i,ll give it another go tomorrow see what happens
will let you know the results tomorrow thanks again guys

neiltb

if it does work, get some water dispersing (40) lube in there pronto.