11sp shifter cable broken in shifter

Anonymous

So my shifter cable broke this morning. I have been told this is a nightmare job to remove the broken end.
I was wondering, does anyone have some clear instructions how to do this with a Shimano 11 speed shifter (RHS)? I imagine I am not the first.

Annoying that it's happened after only about 2K miles but, hey ho. It's a 5800 one, so not the Dura Ace problem ones.

Thanks

Grill

The easiest way is to use something long and sharp (like a small flat head screwdriver) to help push the tumbler looking thing while you shift it up. You'll see it from the outside part of the shifter where you you install the shift cable. What happens when it brakes is the head gets lodged inside so it gets blocked when you try to shift. It can be a bit of a pain but once you get the technique down it only takes a few minutes.

Anonymous

Cheers Grill. What's the tumbler looking thing? I built the bike up myself so happy with what's what (well, we shall see).

On another note, I'd be interested in seeing a pic of the new bike!

Grill

You'll see it in the hole that you ran the shift cable through when looking from the outside. You may need a flashlight but it's essentially the piece that rotates when you change gears.

ugo.santalucia

As a side note... this was already a problem in the 5600 STI series... famously a gear cable eater an the very reason I moved to Campagnolo shifters... glad to see Shimano have done nothing to solve the problem... :?

trailflow

So my shifter cable broke this morning. I have been told this is a nightmare job to remove the broken end.
I was wondering, does anyone have some clear instructions how to do this with a Shimano 11 speed shifter (RHS)? I imagine I am not the first.

Annoying that it's happened after only about 2K miles but, hey ho. It's a 5800 one, so not the Dura Ace problem ones.

Thanks

Depends how clean the snap is. The cable exit/entry is easy to access from both sides. Peel back the hood and pull out the little plastic cable cover. Then use something long and thin to poke it through.

Was you using the shimano polymer cable ?

i had this happen recently with a polymer cable on my DA9000 left shifter. Luckily the snap was fairly clean (1cm from the cable head end) and the broken end just slid out of like a normal cable. There were a couple of little cable fragments left inside when i looked with a torch. To get them out i used a strong magnet which worked well so try that.

Another idea is use a hoover to suck any bits out.

After installing a new cable i felt abit of stiffness so i lubed the internals and plastic cable run/cable outer and every was running back to normal.

Anonymous

Hmmm. I think so. They were the cables which came with the groupset I bought whole from RIbble (OEM) and all the outers seem to be shimano branded. Haven't had a chance to look at it, will probably have to be Monday evening.

Anonymous

I've poked it through and have the snapped end poking out the "outside" side of the shifter. Can't pull it out though as the grommet is stuck in the mechanism

Origami02

coriordan wrote:

grommet is stuck in the mechanism

Have you tried getting Wallace to entice him out with toast ?

Anonymous

Sorted it with Wensleydale. Only bugger was the outers were full of the funny coating but sorted it