Stuck Shimano Road Shifter - Dura-Ace 7800 Shifters 10 speed
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- In this video we will discuss strategies on how to loosen up stuck or inoperable shifters. We are specifically working on a Shimano Dura-Ace 7800 shifter however the basic principles are the same for other shifters. #WhatIsInOurStandToday #StuckShifter #ShimanoStuckShifter #ShimanoDuraAce
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This worked, Saved me Hundreds of dollars. Thank you keep them comming.
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Can't believe it worked, but it did like a charm!!!
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There are a number of videos on TH-cam that describe the solvent/lube method of freeing shifters; I know I watched a bunch! What made this one valuable for me, and solved my problem, was the mention of the broken cable and stuff stuck up inside. I had replaced my RH shifter cable because it broke but hadn't thought about the cable bits left behind. It would not shift. Went back after watching this video and found a frayed cable end deep inside. Got it out and it shifts like new. Thanks George!
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Had exactly the same issue - seems to be working now that I have used the lube !
Will do a long ride and go through the gears next week !
Thanks !
Glad to hear my video helped you! Tailwinds Fergus!
THANK YOU, Mr. Vargas!!!!!! After several years of not being used, my right-hand 7800 brifter would downshift great, but only upshift about one out of 12 tries. I flipped my bike upside down, used WD-40, shifter worked perfectly after four minutes of shifting with rear wheel off! I then dropped a little Phil's tenacious oil in there, since it's just a lube, not a cleaner. Thanks again!
YOU’RE WELCOME!
I am happy to hear that you were able to revive your shifter!
Now you have to ride your bike so it doesn’t seize again. Doesn’t that sound awful 😂
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I just found this video after encountering the same issue on the RH (rear) brifter. The lube did the trick! Just one note. I applied the lube forwards and more towards the top (when the bike is right side up, that is) where the shift mechanism is in the brifter. Everything now works perfectly. Thanks George!
Hello Ken I’m so happy to hear this video helped you! Thank You for the feedback as well. Cheers
Had the exact same problem for quite a while that was frustrating. Spraying it with lube cleared it right up! Thanks!
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George,
Thanks for this excellent video.
My Colnago survived the pandemic, but that left shifter, which had been intermittent for a while, finally got totally stuck in the big chain ring during yesterday's ride. What you suggested (using WD-40) freed it up like a charm.
Thanks again!
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Thank you George.
You're Welcome !!
I also have the same issue, I will try the lube. Thanks for the video.
Hi George! I have 2 bikes with 7800 parts on them on them. Haven't been on either in a few years because of a injury. Dropped them off at the LBS to get tune ups and was told both sets of levers were trash and not fixable. I was told, "We spent hours soaking them". The bill indicated they sure did something! Have to wonder now just what that was ;-) Both bikes had stuck right hand shifters. I've been looking for "new" 7800 levers on ebay and all of them looked in rough shape by comparison to mine. Which in turn got me doing an Internet search on how to fix what I have. Just wanted to say, "THANK YOU! for the suggestion. When I saw how quickly your levers started working and what you used for a lube I thought it worth a try. Bike went upside down. A couple of squirts of WD-40 and a minute later my "trash" lever were working just like new. Wiped everything down again and the worst of the two bikes is ready to ride again. The entre effort beginning to end was 5 minutes tops! Thanks again. I'll be back. Good luck on the channel! I'll have a big smile on my face riding in the morning......thinking about how easy you just made that!
Hello Dane Thank You for taking the time to watch my video and post a comment. I’m happy to hear that you were successful in freeing up your stuck shifters. FYI - WD40 is not really a lube. I don’t recommend its use on bicycles. It is a water displacement product. I don’t know how long your shifters will continue to work with WD-40. I would follow up with a real lube for better long term results. Thank you so much for your unsolicited testimonial! Please subscribe 🙂
@@SeeYouUpTheRoad Funny you should mention that about WD-40. Actually WD=40 is mostly kerosene. No secrets there. A better cleaner and penetrator than any sort of long term lube. But for "getting things going" it works well. When WD-40 dries out the additives get sticky so you are right now it can use a decent lube to keep the shifters working. But after "hours of soaking" by he LBS, WD-40 seems to have unstuck my 7800 shifters rather quickly on two bikes. What i takes to keep them working might be another story. I'll let you know how it all works out and what I use. Great channel! I see a couple more tutorials I need to watch. I did subscribe last night ;-) Thanks again,
I am very curious what the LBS did to your shifters. Thank You for the additional knowledge on WD-40. Let me know what other videos you found useful. Thank You for subscribing!
Thank you for showing how to lube the 7800. Mine is playing the same game. Gonna try this method.
Did it work?
Thank you for uploading this. I liked the long explanation, especially the extras about the broken cable bits and getting to know that a DA front shifter came as a triple.
Cheers from India 🙏🏻😊
Wow! Thank you for your comment!
Hopefully you got your shifter fixed.
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Nice, thanks. I'm gonna do this tonight to mine. My previous Ultegra 9spd levers did this and I replaced them with Dura-ace 7800 levers and inevitably ended up replacing the entire groupo with Dura-ace 7800, since nothing I had was compatible with 10 speed, making it a very expensive upgrade. Now, years later the Dura-ace levers are doing this same thing. The bike shop acted like the levers were just shot. Had I have known a little tri-flow or WD40 could have fixed it, I would have saved myself a ton of money, ha.
Let us know how it turns out.
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Vxrs spotted ♥️ i had that frame but never built it 😢
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Great Video George ! That solved my problem!!
Hello Nicolas! Thank you so much for posting a comment. I am so happy to hear that I was able to help you. We'll see you up the road!
This worked so well! Thank you!
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This solved a problem I had no idea how to fix. So simple!
This worked perfectly... both wore stuck and both free....thanks for the post
Thank you for your feedback! I’m so happy it worked for you!
Just saw this in 2022. It worked perfectly for a DA 7800 front shifter that I inherited (owner still alive, he did a flat bar conversion on his bike).
One more place to access(and lube) the innards is by moving the shift lever inwards and brake lever towards the bar. Thanks again for posting.
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I was sceptical but in less than 5 min had the small shifter shifting beautifully. Many thanks!
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@@SeeYouUpTheRoad I did!
@@cervelott Thank You I appreciate your subscription Garry!
Great Video
Worked a treat
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I have the same problem with my 7700 on the rear same advice?
Hello big c - I’ve used this method on just about all sticky shifters that came through during the lockdown. Road and MTB shifters have been remedied with this quick fix!
DA7800 was the prettiest Dura-Ace group. But the shifters must have been made for big Dutch riders. They seem like they are 3X as big as DA7400 was. Glad to see they got a bit smaller as time went on.
Lol! Dutch or Norwegian 😂
I’m Dutch and love my 7800’s
George: Love the video. I am rebuilding a Greg LeMond Ti 3/2.5 road bike. I have installed the Dura Ace 7800 series groupset. The groupset has the SL-7800 downtube shifters. Would there be a video of how to install and adjust the shift cables for downtube shifters?
I have this exact same issue with 10 speed ultegra 6800 front derailleur. I’d assumed it was a cable tension issue.
Try this little trick and let me and the community know if it solved your issue 🙂
George Vargas I surely will!
I first tried to go into my 7800 left brifter, knowing it was non serviceable, hoping I could at least cause it to start working. It blew up into a million parts. I then went on eBay and bought a new 105 brifter. Incompatible. I then found on eBay a pristine used identical replacement and all was good, for a year, and now the same problem. I was about to upgrade to a complete Di2 gruppo until I found this video. Can’t wait to get home and try this. You may have saved me $1200. If I don’t have a cleaner lubricant, could I first use a citrus degreaser, then a water flush, then some chain lube?
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Yes you can try your method. I think it should work I’ve never tried it though.
@@SeeYouUpTheRoad will subscribe and thank you. Regarding my last sentence, would a citrus degreaser, water flush, then chain lube be ok, or is a citrus degreaser risking some degradation of the internal parts?
@@gh-rb1vg I’m not sure that’s why I usually use a lube, are and then more lube
I have the issue where it will not go into the big ring
Great info! Please speak faster and more succinctly and it will help your channel. Thanks!
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Thanks for watching!
It is very informative video, thank you!!
Do you think the method will work for shimano 105 shifters (model 2020) ? (the large level does not shift chanerings in my case).
Yes I believe so. It been working on many Shimano shifters. Thanks for watching. Please consider subscribing
I dropped two tea spoons of rubbing alcohol 😆 then DW 40
does this work with dura ace st-7600? I can't get out the little ring mate
It should but I haven’t done it myself.
Let us know!
5:55 if you want to cut to the chase
Yep that’s one way to do it 😂 instant gratification! No one wants to take the time to visit and get to know people or have a conversation anymore 😭😭😁😁
@@SeeYouUpTheRoad I would get to know you if you worked at my LBS. On youtube, though, there is a lot to sift through. Weeks worth of footage get uploaded every day. Yours was the 5th video I came across on cleaning and lubing shifters (but probably the most useful because it covers fairly modern Shimano ones, i.e. the most common). When there's so much to dig through, brevity counts.
Afternoon George, should my right hand shifter click without the cable? Or does it have to have a cable attached to click? I want to make sure before I reinstall the cable. Thanks George!
The click is an indication that you are indexing each gear. You should feel something
I've been fixing my Shimano shifters this way with WD-40 for years since a guy at the LBS told me the secret. However, at the moment mine will no longer shift no matter how much WD-40 I squirt in there. :(
Hmm! Maybe a complete flush with something else first?
The title doesn't match the video, the 10 speed shifter is the rear shifter, you were working on the 2 speed front shifter
Oh geez! Seriously? 😂 😂
This is a Dura-Ace 7800 10 speed groupset. It doesn’t matter whether I’m working on right shifter or left shifter or the brake caliper 😂 it’s all a 7800 groupset. 😂
@@SeeYouUpTheRoad WOW, no need to get snippy, Just saying it would be better titles as "A stuck Left shifter from a Shimano 7800 10 speed group" It's actually not even stuck it's missing shifts.. My right shifter is stuck, shifted it to the left and it stayed there and it won't move either way, Truly STUCK.. Anyway, Thanks for the video's
@@targabill that’s what you should have said in your first post. I get tons of negative comments. My apologies for being snappy.
I would recommend you try the service procedure I used in this video. Chances are it will free up your shifter. I’ve shot a few other videos of right shifters getting stuck and I successfully got them to shift properly.
Let me know how it works for you. Once again my apologies. Please consider subscribing and good luck!! 🍀
Next time I'll buy Campagnolo!! Lol
Ha ha
Hate to be a pest George, Iam rebuilding a 1989 Mondonico frame, do you happen to know what size cable housing is on the top tube eyelets? Thanks again!
@@raycox3088 I wouldn’t know sir! I don’t know that bike