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I've never attempted to install a new cable before but I've had to replace my rear mech because it was bent.
Straight away I messed up the cable so had to get a new one.
Then I couldn't get the old cable out of the SRAM X7 Shifter without opening it.
As soon as I opened it the top spring end came out of its slot.
Does anyone know how to sort this out ?
The shifter won't click or do anything now its completely dead.
Picture here of the current internal state of the shifter:
Can't see the photos but I stupidly took the top off my sram shifters trying to replace the cable and then posted on here in despair.
Eventually took it to my lbs who just laughed. Ended up buying a new shifter.
I don't know how to post images onto here it doesn't seem to be working from the Google Album ?
I really need to get 2 decent mountain bikes because I keep missing out on rides when it's broke.
Pretty sure it's game over once you remove the top cover on a SRAM shifter.
What was it? I may have some spare 2x10 x7's...
1x10 X7
SRAM X7 with 1x10 gears
End of the spring goes in there, the trick is getting the top back on without it popping back out again. Will drive you mad but the only way to change cable is to take the top off...persevere, it's not broke, it's just a shit design.
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If vincienup can't get hold of it, I have a spare 10 speed X7 I can post out to you on Monday.
Just message me on here if you need it. Don't want anything for it, plenty of folk have helped me so I always like to give back 🙂
The X7 shifter I have here doesn't need the top to come off. There's a rubber cover that flips back so you can just push the cable end out.
I had the rubber cover as well, but trying to feed the cable through just made me want to stab things. I found it was quicker to pop the top off.
Hehe dumbbot, I must be a better shot that I thought 🙂
It lines up behind the rubber doorway when clicked into top gear. I think
I've put my hands on a set, I knew I had some spares!
As someone else has suggested, you lift the rubber cap and push the cable through the resulting hole.
There's only a hole to push the cable through if the shifter is in the right gear - which off top of my head is one click in from one end (forget which end) so, install cable then set shifter to top gear, wind barrel all the way in then back out three full turns, install cable outer, set limits on mech, connect end of inner to mech and then marvel that you have almost perfectly indexed gears without trying 😀
OP, my email is in my profile if you need the shifter (s) - I'm never likely to use these so it'd be great if they got used.
It's a pig of a job, I've been there before with an X9 shifter. It's one of the reasons why I went XT.
Yep, SRAM shifters are another black mark against them and their seemingly compulsive urge to over-engineer, over complicate and thus make more awkward.
Cranksets with separate inserts on the drive side and a pointless taper to 22mm on the other side of the spindle.
The tortuous routing of a rear mech cable around that silly little wheel (just a loop of outer would do) and through a bit you can't see - where it inevitably snags.
XD drivers?
Rant over.
Agree SRAM tend to overengineer and sometimes tackle problems that may not have been important, but its only really a problem if you expect all bike components to install the same way.
That said, the bike in my kitchen right now wouldn't have any Shimano parts on it if it weren't for the XTR series brake calliper mounts. I do love them!