Campagnolo ergo help

Strange, just been lubing the bike cables etc, never touched anything i shouldn't - honest, when it refused to downshift more than from top 3 cogs, still makes all the downshift clicky noises but refuses to go down more than 3 cogs, I can put tension on the cable near derailier by hand and it will drop down to bottom cog, but without hand tension, just refuses, cable 'seems' loose enough. Anybody come across this problem before with Campy veloce? thanks in advance
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You can get kits for them but I'm told it's a pain of a job.
Jeff bowyer at Mercian did mine, he's semi retired now but still does 3 days a week. His nickname is ergo as he has spent more years repairing ergo levers than most.
Good luck with it. One of them bloody niggle things you can do ain't it, especially if you have no spare ones.
If it wont shift to the bigger sprockets/smaller gears then that does sound more like an ergo problem assuming there isn't something blocking the mech from moving - either a limit screw or something jammed in it.
Like PoC says you need to release the cable and see if the ergo is pulling and releasing cable with each click of the lever/button. If it is then the problem is with the cabling or the mech which is obviously good news as most times a recable or a good strip and clean of the mech will sort it.
it's a hard life if you don't weaken.
Have you tried taking your bar tape off. I once damaged my bar tape and it caused an obstruction to a cable.
You def haven't adjusted your rear mech ?.
I'd try a bit of olive oil in the lever. If that don't cure it then you have virtually done all you can and it must be the lever.
It could be the g spring is faulty
What a pain isn't it
A ride must never be scrapped
Yes lbs should have come across it. If they have no joy I have to pop into Mercian next week and will ask them.
They will def have come across this before.
Don't give up just yet!
Check that the rear mech is lubed and moves smoothly
Loosen the bar tape and check out the cables for breaks / problems
Lube the entire cable and check that it is installed correctly - especially around any internal routing and cable guides.
Make sure the cable is attached to the rear mech in the correct spot.
Make sure the lever works - just hold the cable tight and run through the gears with the cable not attached to the rear mech - it should click 9 times up and 9 down. If it feels rough, spray some lube in to it and maybe if you are feeling brave follow the UTube clips to dismantle - rebuild.
It has to be a simple solution, just keep at it and you'll get there.
Rather than lube everything and hope it goes away go at it logically - there are only three possiblities and you can eliminate them step by step.
Like someone said earlier release the cable at the rear mech and then while you apply pressure (pull it) get someone to click up and down the ergo. If you feel it pull or release cable with each click then it almost certainly isn't a problem with the ergo because that is all it is supposed to do - pull and release cable.
If you feel it pull and release cable but it takes some effort for you to pull it through then it is almost certainly a cable problem. If you can take up any cable released by the ergo with minimal tension then that suggests the ergo is working and the cable is running free with little friction it's probably the mech.
it's a hard life if you don't weaken.
My winter bike, now in it's second life. Originally it was a bianchi until I finally got a Mercian.
Ive still got mirage nine speed levers on it and they have done six years without fault. I don't think that's bad to be fair.
Next year I'm upgrading to 11 speed and I'm pretty happy with how long they have lasted.
I ordered the parts from the US shop mentioned and they delivered quite quickly. When I did the rebuild I could see that the G spring carrier had split and it was opening up under load, by the way I bought the carbon carier for my lever and it worked fine. Im not sure if these parts are suitable for a Veloce but they should be ok, I think the basic mechanics of the levers are the same throughout the range. Good luck.