Shimano - Failed ever?

IBISMojoHDamon

On Sunday, I managed to snap a Shimano XTR Trail pedal axle, my first ever Shimano product failure.

I've been riding since the early 80's and never bust anything Shimano, Have you?..

benpinnick

LX crank arm
More rear mechs than I care to mention
Roadie combined brake gear levers

That's it though. Pretty small failure rate given the amount I've owned.

IBISMojoHDamon

Failed due to mechanical and structural failure?

Failed due to impact?

Failed due to wearing out?

I'm impressed with the resilience of Shimano stuff, I was a little surprised that the pedal became 'clipless' at the axle rather than the cleat... :0)

cooldad

Can't think of anything that's just broken.
Mechs from crashing and that's about it.

IBISMojoHDamon

Same here.... And I do break stuff!...

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nicklouse

Yep bust loads of shimano stuff.

And also worn out loads of ther stuff as well.

lawman

doesn't look snapped, just that its pulled off the axle?

Gone through a load of rear mechs, think I'm on 6 in 7 years, buggered the splines on my lx arms, knackered 3 shimano hubs and swear never to use them again, bit other than hubs I would use anything shimano tbh, not keen on their chains, but their cranks are second to none, new style brakes are the best around and the soon to be released range of shadow+ mechs will be massive hits.

nicklouse

lawman wrote:

doesn't look snapped, just that its pulled off the axle?

Gone through a load of rear mechs, think I'm on 6 in 7 years, buggered the splines on my lx arms, knackered 3 shimano hubs and swear never to use them again, bit other than hubs I would use anything shimano tbh, not keen on their chains, but their cranks are second to none, new style brakes are the best around and the soon to be released range of shadow+ mechs will be massive hits.

That aint bust it has just been stripped for a service.

Northwind

Everything will fail sooner or later. My exage rear mech only lasted about 16 years! Disgusted.

IBISMojoHDamon

nicklouse wrote:

lawman wrote:

doesn't look snapped, just that its pulled off the axle?

Gone through a load of rear mechs, think I'm on 6 in 7 years, buggered the splines on my lx arms, knackered 3 shimano hubs and swear never to use them again, bit other than hubs I would use anything shimano tbh, not keen on their chains, but their cranks are second to none, new style brakes are the best around and the soon to be released range of shadow+ mechs will be massive hits.

That aint bust it has just been stripped for a service.

You really don't know me do you.... The only thing I strip is some poor drunk girl hobo on a friday night ;0)

chez_m356

IBISMojoHDamon wrote:

nicklouse wrote:

lawman wrote:

doesn't look snapped, just that its pulled off the axle?

Gone through a load of rear mechs, think I'm on 6 in 7 years, buggered the splines on my lx arms, knackered 3 shimano hubs and swear never to use them again, bit other than hubs I would use anything shimano tbh, not keen on their chains, but their cranks are second to none, new style brakes are the best around and the soon to be released range of shadow+ mechs will be massive hits.

That aint bust it has just been stripped for a service.

You really don't know me do you.... The only thing I strip is some poor drunk girl hobo on a friday night ;0)

but do you give her a good service

Northwind

<inevitable joke>
Turned out he didn't have the correct tool
</inevitable joke>

IBISMojoHDamon

Groan..... ;0)

delcol

thats why sram is better.... :P :roll:

at least you know you riding hard enough if your breaking things..

IBISMojoHDamon

delcol wrote:

thats why sram is better.... :P :roll:

Sram make MTB pedals?

delcol wrote:

at least you know you riding hard enough if your breaking things..

I wish I was... It was a fireroad leading from Swinley carpark, just got to the end of the 'Go Ape' bit and it snapped!

njee20

SRAM stuff really does spontaneously fail more often IME! I had an X.0 carbon cage snap in half riding on the road, which was irritating. Seen plenty of X.9 mechs break at the knuckle too. Seen plenty of broken shifters.

I don't think I've ever 'just' broken a Shimano part, worn out plenty and damaged them, but save for an XTR chain I snapped (at the side plate) after 200 yards I can't think of any other failures. Had a couple of (road) STIs fail due to bits of cable getting into them, but that's one of those things.

.blitz

Can't recall anything from Shimano that has spontaneously broken. An XT shifter failed once because of neglect but I have brakes/hubs/pedals from the 90s in the shed that still work

Johnpsanderson

Sora STI right hand (rear mech) shifter... Although worn out may be a better description as it lasted about 8 years before it finally stopped working...

bluechair84

Never had a complaint, can't think of anything Shimano that has failed due to manufacturing error. Had a Tioga seatpost that was destroyed after one ride, Fire Pros than pinchflatted more than I can count, some old Superstar pads that didn't last long enough (new ones seem to be fine)... All in all I trust the companies I use and the components to be fit for purpose.

--edit--

Did have an SLX shifter that locked up last year. Couldn't get the thing moving again so had to replace. No damage, not particularly worn... First ever Shimano failure.

jehosophat

I'm not exactly up to date with this as I run 8 speed XTR on all 3 bikes and am just moving to 9 on one!

I have had the odd XT and XTR shifter pod fail - always seems to be the fronts that go first.

Shimano chains I gave up on a long time ago - never had one snap, but some started to get sticky quickly, one immediately on install, the links just wouldn't move smoothly. I switched to the higher-end sachs (now SRAM) chains a while back and far far prefer them - the easy splitting/joining being a major bonus...

Apart from the odd shifter pod and chain, though, all has been faultless in over 15 years keen MTB - the only stuff that has broken has had a stick or a rock in it!

pilch

bluechair84 wrote:

SLX shifter that locked up

^^^ this, in general found them particularly vague & plasticy, also had an SLX front mech seize solid, could have been abuse/maintenance I guess, but all of the XT/XTR stuff I've owned has been fine...