Stiff rear Shifter lever

[Sven137]

my friends rear shifter is a bugger to move.. It hurts my thumb to push it..any reason why the other clicks down east.

[BeegMig]

If it's hard to shift up. Check the cables, may be a kinked cable or housing.

If its hard to shift up and down, it's the shifter: clean it up nicely with some paraffin.

 

And it wont hurt to replace the cable and housings

Edited March 3, 2014 by BeegMig

[BeegMig]

Then tell him to stop spilling sticky energy drinks and gu on his shiftters.

[BeegMig]

Of course it can also be the rear derailleur. Make sure its nice and clean and moves easy. Again, if it is the derailleur it shouldn't feel hard to shift down.

[Cruz Addict]

Check he doesnt have a clutch rear derailleur, that makes it stiff so as to avoid chain slap.

[DubbelBuys]

Is it shifting down at all or only hard / sticking going back? (to bigger gears)

 

Sometimes (as mentioned before in the abovementioned posts) it happens because of a kink or dirty / gritty inner / cable combo.

 

This is a common problem in most bikes which has a 'broken' outer from front to rear.

 

I prefer the 'solid' outer from shifter to derailleur.

[DubbelBuys]

Check he doesnt have a clutch rear derailleur, that makes it stiff so as to avoid chain slap.

 

but it won't hurt your fingers

[jcmeyerSS]

cable and/or housing issue.

clean or even better replace cable and housing.

[Jewbacca]

Yup... Its a 10 minute job to replace... Have a look at drilling/filing out the cable guides so you can run a full length cable housing.

 

This will prolongue the life of the smooth shifting goodness. Just a thought

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited March 3, 2014 by singlespeedGuy

[Traverse]

Had the same problem after Sabie, mud in shifter could only use 3 gears. Unscrewed the cover and cleaned with chain cleaner. Everything back to normal again!

[Sven137]

Thanks

[JJDT]

Had the same problem. Solution: https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/136177-shifting-problem/