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First Generation Ascots => Tech Section => Topic started by: Lefty on July 11, 2014, 05:50:24 pm

Title: Custom shifter
Post by: Lefty on July 11, 2014, 05:50:24 pm

This is in response to J6s comment about how good my FT looks(in a photo, ahaha!)-when I first got the bike, it had a really long shifter on it, I was unaware of the original set up. I had to shift with my heel on the left peg! It didn't take long to realize the tab on the frame was broken off, so I cut the shifter(I had to cut it a second time, 1st time it was still too long)& had a friend weld it together.
A little black paint & a dental floss stitch job on the split rubber and Viola!
I'm still wondering how it got broken off?

Title: Re: Custom shifter
Post by: J6G1Z on July 11, 2014, 09:24:48 pm

Wow! That looks funky. How is it to shift now?

Do you know what the original shifter & linkage looks like? It looks to me like you lost a lot of leverage in your shifter.


J.

Title: Re: Custom shifter
Post by: Lefty on July 13, 2014, 07:06:27 am

It shifts fine, I don't know how the link type shifter feels so I have nothing to compare it to.
 It had to have been dropped on something to break the frame tab like that.

Title: Re: Custom shifter
Post by: Lefty on July 13, 2014, 07:08:18 am

Or maybe it was hacked off, but why?

Title: Re: Custom shifter
Post by: J6G1Z on July 13, 2014, 11:33:26 am

Most likely it was dropped on something that contacted the shifter boss that is attached to that bracket & then bent or broke that tab off. That frame tab is not a very thick piece of steel, although it is in a position that you would normally think looks well protected by the frame tubing.

I would watch eBay for a new shifter & linkage, then fab a new tab to have welded back in place. Or... leave it the way it is if it works for you.

Good luck
J.

Title: Re: Custom shifter
Post by: scottly on July 15, 2014, 10:32:28 pm

Man, that looks like it would be REALLY hard to shift! ???

Title: Re: Custom shifter
Post by: Lefty on July 16, 2014, 06:29:51 pm

It shifts fine, a lot better than when I first got it & had to shift with my heel on the peg!

Title: Re: Custom shifter
Post by: J6G1Z on July 19, 2014, 12:52:13 pm

Hey there Lefty,

Here is what a stock shifter looks like, just in case you've never seen one before.

J.