Doug The clicks simply don't just "go away". I think I can guess what you did.
I suspect that the shifter was not all the way down when you removed it in the first place, so the whole lever part was already wound several clicks around the internal part which is supposed to stay in a fixed position. When you put it back together, you put the Shimano washer into the lever the only way it can go, with that single tab lined up with the slot in the shift lever, and then lined up the square recess on the back side of the Shimano washer with the square shape on the plug that's in the bar. You are probably just off by 90 degrees. If you suspect I'm right, do the following: 1. Move the shifter all the way down 2. Remove the shifter and the Shimano washer 3. Move the derailer by hand into the middle of the cogset. Pedal so the chain actually goes to a middle cog. That will put some slack in the cable 4. Now put the lever and Shimano assembly back on, but rotated 90 degrees. You might be pulling against cable, so help yourself out by pushing the derailer a little more or have a helper do that part 5. Snug up the screw that mounts the assembly back on 6. Now you should have the same couple of clicks in the pull direction, plus the missing 5 or so in the release direction I hope that's it. Bill On Nov 24, 2:39 pm, doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > I should add that I didn't take apart anything other than the lever > assembly loose from the mounting post. Everything was clean & dry so > I just put it back together at that point. Starting from the bottom > (lever straight down) I get 2 "clicks", then a long bit of travel, the > 3 more clicks. The first click gets from small to next, but the next > click jumps to the 4th cog (from the bottom). The last 3 engage the > biggest 3 cogs correctly. > > dougP > > On Nov 24, 2:16 pm, doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > > > The shifting on my wife's new to her Atlantis seemed a bit stiff. > > Since the bike had been sitting most of its life, fresh cables seemed > > a good start. Like a good boy scout, I decided to check the Shimano 8 > > speed bar end shift levers for any dirt or crud. Somehow in the > > process of doing so I've "lost" the indexing in the middle of the > > lever throw. To all appearances everything only goes together one > > way, and nothing needs to be forced to assemble. On friction it works > > properly but she really likes her indexing. All the index positions > > worked before I took it apart. Any ideas as to what my fumbling > > fingers could have done? > > > dougP > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
