Re: [CR]Campy Downtube Levers Slipping

(Example: Framebuilders:Dario Pegoretti)

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Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 11:31:22 -0700
To: "Snyder, Bill" <bill.snyder@spirentcom.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Brandon Ives" <monkeylad@mac.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Campy Downtube Levers Slipping


At 10:47 AM -0700 8/11/02, Snyder, Bill wrote:
>Here is a mid-80s set of Super Record down-tube shift levers. Following
>previous instructions, I've gotten them as dry and clean as possible on the
>inside

You've done what everyone else has and now know why Simplex/Mavic retro-friction levers were so popular. There is one more thing you can try and that is to use some nylon plumbers tape in different places. Sometimes this method works by tightening up the tolerances of the interface. The problem with the Campagnolo shifters has always been finding the fine line between shifts well and doesn't
slip.
good luck,
Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
SB, CA