It sounds like it may be worthwhile for you to have a good mechanic inspect your setup. Diagnosis shouldn't take long for a good mechanic.
Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 10:06:11 AM UTC-7 Sam Perez wrote: > Interesting perhaps it's also somthing else in the drivetrain. Like the > cassette? I have had the bike for 8 years but this one was seldom used. > Let's see if the locktight not only helps with lever slip but with the > pedals free spinning for a quarter revolution at random times, as a > possible slip symptom. > > Thanks all I'll report back after I test it on some hills. > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2020, 10:25 PM Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Sam: FWIW, I used my Silvers, original version, with an old 8-speed-era >> XT rd as well as several others; I didin't notice that slippage was worse >> with the XT than with the Dura Ace or Microshift or LX reverse pull, but at >> any rate, blue Loctite kept the lever firm with all these derailleurs. >> >> (And, just in case, blue also fixed any slipping problem with XT, LX, and >> Dura Ace front derailleurs.) >> >> On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 9:06 PM Sam Perez <sam.per...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I'm begining to think the xt rear derailleur has a big part in it. It's >>> a thick steel mt bike frame I'm sure flex has a minor part bc I tried to >>> slowly crank up a hill without leveraging the bars as to not flex the bike, >>> and the silver shifter slipped to the next gear. After a few shifts it only >>> loosened. I just got home from the hardware store. Gonna apply locktight. >>> My silver shifter is the first model so the washer i have is the one that >>> they later improved on. I don't know where to get a list of deraliurs with >>> strong springs or if there is a list of deraliurs that are not as >>> compatible with silver DT shifters. I'll report back after some rides. >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2020, 5:32 PM Nikko Mendoza <nikkog...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hey Sam, >>>> >>>> I just got some brand new Silver Shifters (v1) today that I put on with >>>> some VO thumbies. I'm having a similar-ish problem and wondering if you're >>>> experiencing the same, but more along the lines of the problem J L >>>> mentioned (spring return) . >>>> >>>> My problem is that the shifting for the front shifter is suuuuuuper >>>> hard to do. Is this similar to your problem? I push the shifter pretty >>>> hard >>>> and I feel like I'm definitely forcing it. I finally get it to shift, but >>>> then I do that a couple more times, and at this point the cable is looser >>>> than it was before, getting pulled out of the tensioning screw. Do you >>>> think the problem is similar, or is this really just a difference in the >>>> spring return of the front derailleur? >>>> >>>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 4:31 PM Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Note that the levers would loosen and slip even when the plastic >>>>> tension washers were whole. Blue Loctite solved the slipping problem but >>>>> not the washer breakage (or shifter body breakage) problem. >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 5:30 PM Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I applied blue Loctite to the tension bolts, and this worked. But the >>>>>> need to do this, and my experience of breaking 2 right-side Silver >>>>>> shifter >>>>>> bodies when my bikes fell over, took me back to the old Suntour Bar Cons >>>>>> -- >>>>>> where I have to use blue Loctite anyway to ensure that the shiny and >>>>>> very >>>>>> hard to find locknuts don't fall off. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 9:44 AM Sam Perez <sam.per...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> hi guys, how do you keep your silver shifters form slipping under >>>>>>> load, i tighten the retention bolt but when i play with it it slowly >>>>>>> loosens with multiple shifts, i do lots of hills and need confidence >>>>>>> that i >>>>>>> wont ghost shift under load. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> thanks >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>> send an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAJN34zkhXhsXVh9YiLKsT-Sbg4MBmqcEHh1%3DLTXqNZK_KcQWvw%40mail.gmail.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAJN34zkhXhsXVh9YiLKsT-Sbg4MBmqcEHh1%3DLTXqNZK_KcQWvw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> Patrick Moore >>>>>> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> Patrick Moore >>>>> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfguLD9ck-ktPgZ1DYnF7etVBxL9UVyA8dyFMCMLFYFv3tw%40mail.gmail.com >>>>> >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfguLD9ck-ktPgZ1DYnF7etVBxL9UVyA8dyFMCMLFYFv3tw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Onward, >>>> Nikko Mendoza >>>> nikkog...@gmail.com >>>> 757-618-1124 >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAESSHAwxgj07X8Abonwnftf67cEp4Wo-Mo3mbmT3L4LH6KA9bQ%40mail.gmail.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAESSHAwxgj07X8Abonwnftf67cEp4Wo-Mo3mbmT3L4LH6KA9bQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAJN34zm2t0eSEzrmfc8qugeV--O-r5zv5x%2Brn6DRw7amPQ7dPQ%40mail.gmail.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAJN34zm2t0eSEzrmfc8qugeV--O-r5zv5x%2Brn6DRw7amPQ7dPQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfguDN_HiUMEb-UNYvdnQkxcE0WUCwixZOi%3DJrs_phg_aDQ%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfguDN_HiUMEb-UNYvdnQkxcE0WUCwixZOi%3DJrs_phg_aDQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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