[lonewolfe]

Help!! Changing derailure cables on 2002 Deore Shifter Pods

Hey, any advice on changing cables on 2002 Deore Shifter Pods? There are several screws on the pod and I don't want to remove the wrong one by mistake. The barrels are not slotted on the Deore pods like they are on XT and XTR's.

Know of any good online tutorials that are illustrated? I took a look at Park Tool website and the pictures were really not much help!

Thanks in advance for your advice!

 

[NRSracer]

Originally posted by lonewolfe
Help!! Changing derailure cables on 2002 Deore Shifter Pods

Hey, any advice on changing cables on 2002 Deore Shifter Pods? There are several screws on the pod and I don't want to remove the wrong one by mistake. The barrels are not slotted on the Deore pods like they are on XT and XTR's.

Know of any good online tutorials that are illustrated? I took a look at Park Tool website and the pictures were really not much help!

Thanks in advance for your advice!

if it's like mine, here's what you have to do.
1. disconnect the cables from the derailleurs
2.take off all the housing.
3 to locate the screw: 1. Look at the handlebar as if you are going to look through it, now look at that same angle towards the shifter, in between the levers there should be a plastic screw.
4. remove the screw
5.Push the cable through.
6. Clean the housing with WD40
7grease the cable.
8 Put the cable through the housing
9 install the cable in the derailleurs.
10.fine tune the derailleurs
That's it.

 

[D_D]

Don't grease or lube the cable, if they need lube they will be lubed already.

All grease will do is attract dirt and gunk up the cables.

If your cables are messed up and you can't afford new ones then you can take the outers of and spray wd40 through them until it runs out clear and then clean the cable. It should get a few more weeks out of them.

I have found the gore ride on cables to be pretty good, they just get mud and grit in at the derrailer insted of every cable stop like traditional cables.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

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4. Remove the screw. It has a phillips head and only needs to be turned about a quarter turn to remove. Be careful beacuse it's small and really easy to lose.
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5a) Replace the screw.

J

 

[lonewolfe]

Hey Guys!

Thanks for all your help and suggestions! It is that little plastic screw. The cable is replaced and it could not have been easier. See, it helps to know which screw to remove!

Now, to figure out an easy way to set up the front derailure on a new Bullit! Damn, that is the tightest access I have ever had to deal with on a bike. Seems almost like I will have to disconnect the shock from the swingarm to get the clearence to tighten up this derailure to the seat tube.


Thanks again!

 

[Tweek]

Wish I saw this thread earlier to help you.
Glad you got it figured out.
In the future, you might want to get a copy of the Break it, Fix it, Ride it CD. It's got way more info and detail than Park's site.
(Check it out for yourself at www.bfr-it.com

 

[NRSracer]

Originally posted by Tweek
Wish I saw this thread earlier to help you.
Glad you got it figured out.
In the future, you might want to get a copy of the Break it, Fix it, Ride it CD. It's got way more info and detail than Park's site.
(Check it out for yourself at www.bfr-it.com

Yup, BFR-it works great, however, park tool helps a lot too. You don't have to buy the park brand tool by the way, any tool of that type will work.

RM helps a lot too, somebody her (Johnbryanpeters) gave me an idea to get the sheared off part of my BB out w/o screwing up my frame.

 

[JohnMc]

Gore cables work incredibly well. Instead of shifting going stadily worse within a ffew weeks of getting new cables, and constantly popping the housings off and cleaning the cable just put on a set and get a year or two of totally trouble free frictionless shifting. Worth every penny. If installed correctly they won't even get any grit in the housing at the bottom - they have a little bellows that seals that end - no sliding seals of any sort.