I used several pairs of the first-gen Silver bar end shifters extensively and always ended up putting blue Loctite on the mounting bolts to prevent loosening. I daresay beeswax would work too.
Silvers are hardly the only shifters that require this treatment, IME. Patrick Moore, currently using Suntour Barcons ... with blue Loctite, in ABQ, NM On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 7:08 AM Richard Rose <rmros...@gmail.com> wrote: > Man, I grew up with friction shifters & have been yearning for the Silver > shifters to replace my Microshift units that came on the bike. But these > things work flawlessly & I’d forgotten about “slippage”. I think I shall > resist the nostalgic trip down memory lane and save $170.00! > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 30, 2022, at 8:50 PM, J J <junes1ju...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Doug, thanks for the nice write up. CeeCee looks great! > > About the Silver2 shifters: I’ve had the same problem of gears slipping. I > find that I have to tighten the D ring screw so much to prevent slipping > that it makes it hard to move the shift levers. I haven’t thought of using > thread lock. I’ve just kind of accepted the slipping as reality for these > shifters. It seems like I constantly have to fiddle with them. > > -- 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/CALuTfguV%2BaFpKOFU-x8_%3Dj9X6ud%2BsMyAqfRhrcrpPaT9GUtMnw%40mail.gmail.com.
