Thanks, the beeswax is an interesting idea. I'll give that a try. (BTW, any idea if beeswax is a good substitute for anti-seize? I have had a tube of Shimano anti-seize that's lasted me about 6 years but it's starting to run out).
I'll also see if any of my other shifters have metal washers. I think I have some bits of Campagnolo stuff that might do. Cheers, Johnny On Mon, 1 Feb 2021 at 23:13, John P. in SF <jjpo...@gmail.com> wrote: > HI > > I have had maybe 6 pairs of silvers over the years and not all of them > slipped, used both as bar end and as dt shifters. > > I have solved some of my silver shifter slipping problems by placing a > thin slice of beeswax in between all the various parts and reassembling. I > have only had problems with right hand shifters slipping - not sure why, > and I never thought of swapping the left to right or vice versa. The > beeswax seems to work for a year or two and then needs refreshing. > > I have also used a metal outer washer from a different shifter instead of > the plastic jobby, and on one stubbornly slipping shifter (gifted to the > girlfriend, fool that I am) I swapped out the d-ring bold for a regular m5 > bolt so I could torque it down enough to stop the slippage. Then she took > it to a shop for some maintenance and they took the m5 out and put in a > d-ring bolt and the shifter started slipping again...she was not happy. > > Not all silver shifters slip, but some do and it can be frustrating. > > On Monday, February 1, 2021 at 1:29:59 AM UTC-8 john...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Hello RBWers, >> >> I've been having problems with a set of older type RBW Silver bar end >> shifters. >> There seems to be a lot of play in the shifters. They've been like this >> out of the box. >> They also slip a bit in the middle sprockets, ghost shifting from the >> bigger to smaller >> sprocket. Tightening the bolt that holds the shifter lever doesn't make >> much difference, >> even with the bolt done up pretty tight the play and slipping seem to >> persist. >> >> It seems this is a bit of a known problem with these shifters. Does >> anyone have any suggestions for a remedy for this? E.g. is it possible to >> add an additional washer somewhere? >> >> Thanks for any help, >> >> Johnny in Belgium >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/6yxFQsP0Ygo/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6ce3df30-1275-4c48-99ce-6a1e4de2303en%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6ce3df30-1275-4c48-99ce-6a1e4de2303en%40googlegroups.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-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CA%2B%3D4xczjUKy%2BZSDxf1ip249yQkWunkiVrfmnGQ7Sb6baG4JJiQ%40mail.gmail.com.
