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Campagnolo shifter advice

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  • 23-10-2019 12:02pm
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    Borderfox
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    I have a set of 8 speed Campagnolo Record ergo shifters but they are slipping on the right hand lever. The wheels are Zonda (1995) 8 speed only so want to keep the 8 speed unless they will work with a 9 speed lever?

    Are the shifters easy to repair?


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    smacl
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    Doozerie is the person to ask on this. I seem to remember one of his posts from some years ago taking apart a campy shifter that seemed like a "challenge". I had some jamming on an old 9 speed xenon shifter once but it turned out to be a bit of frayed cable end that was handy enough to extract without disassembly.


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    koutoubia
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    Borderfox wrote: »
    I have a set of 8 speed Campagnolo Record ergo shifters but they are slipping on the right hand lever. The wheels are Zonda (1995) 8 speed only so want to keep the 8 speed unless they will work with a 9 speed lever?

    Are the shifters easy to repair?


    Easy enough to repair but its getting the parts now will be the challenge.
    Chances are the toothed cog has worn.

    WRT the wheel ...Campag made 2 versions of an 8 speed freehub. The later version may take an 9/10 speed cassette.
    The early version deffo wont.
    Only one way to find out!


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    letape
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    Borderfox wrote: »
    I have a set of 8 speed Campagnolo Record ergo shifters but they are slipping on the right hand lever. The wheels are Zonda (1995) 8 speed only so want to keep the 8 speed unless they will work with a 9 speed lever?

    Are the shifters easy to repair?

    I have twice rebuilt 10 speed record right hand shifters. It’s not easy. There are a number of springs that need to be refitted in exactly the correct way. There are lots of videos on line now though. I did it pre you tube which was more difficult. If it was me I’d try and get a pair on eBay.


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    letape
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    Borderfox - unfortunately you can’t fit a 9 speed campag cassette on an 8 speed freehub. Your can change the freehub to a 9-11 speed one thought, but you’ll need to find a late 90s donor hub or freehub, which are hard to come by.


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    koutoubia
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    There was a generation of Athena 8sp rear hubs that had an 8 speed fitted but will take 9 speed and upwards They are the old shape ' bell style ' hub that had the silver coloured freehub as opposed to the black one BUT were marked as 8speed.
    They had the narrow axle and I believe the last gen before they went to the oversized axle that's now common.

    I know all this as I am trying to get a freehub to fit the wheels I picked up off you,Letape so I can run 8 speed and upwards!


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    Borderfox
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    Thanks for the help, lots to ponder


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