Seized up gear shifter

nickgood
nickgood Posts: 7
edited March 2012 in MTB workshop & tech
Hi All

I was cycling along as normal today and suddenly my rear gear sifter just seized up and left me unable to get off smallest gear.
I have now removed shifter and it still won't budge, it's as if something is stopping the mechanism moving in side. I have taken it apart as much as I dare (last time I went to far, removed the spring and couldn't get it back!) but nothing looks wrong.

Has anyone got any ideas?

Thanks

Nick

Comments

  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    Does the mech move freely?

    Replace the inner and outer cables.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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  • nickgood
    nickgood Posts: 7
    The mech is fine. It's nothing to do with the mech or the cables, the problem is with the shifter itself. The levers move a little but they cannot get the shifter to move through the gears (as it were, the shifter is, like I said, not atached at the moment).
  • cycleclinic
    cycleclinic Posts: 6,865
    I have seen several of these lately and there was nothing wrong with the cables or mech either. The shifter had broken. Easy to replace or drop into you LBS.
    http://www.thecycleclinic.co.uk -wheel building and other stuff.

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