Frank Bibb wrote:
I have a pair of SunTour bar end shifters and the small "z" shaped spring that provides most of the holding power has broken in one, thus rendering it useless. Does anyone: 1. Know where I can get replacement springs (might as well replace both) or 2. Know how to convert them to full friction (or otherwise make them useful) or 3. Have a good one for sale or 4. Have any other advice on this topic
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I've just checked, and to my eye the coil spring and the ratchet (which looks to me like a 9 with the tail bent backwards) are the same for the down-tube, bar-end, and thumb shifters. Of course, according to Rivendell, later bar-ends (at least) had finer ratcheting than the earlier ones.
harvey sachs
mcLean VA