Replacement Shifter Levers

[YETI575]

Yesterday at the Emperors Race I was taken out by a slower short race rider. Net result is that both of my shifter levers are badly scratched.

 

My question is can only the lever part on a Campag Chorus Carbon 10sp be replaced, or do I have to buy the whole mechanism? 

YETI5752010-02-08 08:48:52

[Minion]

 

 

You can replace only the lever.

The part numbers for the brake lever are (L/R) EC-CH547 and EC-CH448. Italian list price from Campag: EUR 76.40ea.

The shift levers are EC-CH428 and EC-CH429. Italian list price from Campag: EUR 17.60ea.

The thumb levers are EC-RE204 and EC-RE205. Italian list price from Campag: EUR 9.75ea.

 

The question is, can you get the spares through the local distributor for less than a new one from Total Cycling?

Edman2010-02-08 08:23:23

[bontie]

Chances are you can't.

I have a similar problem - have resorted to riding with them as scratched as they are, but at almost R3500 for the set, it doesn't look that bad...

[YETI575]

A new set from Chris Willemse is R2800.00

Assumsing I can get the spares, the agents are the only one's with skills to replace the levers.

[Minion]

 

 

Assumsing I can get the spares' date=' the agents are the only one's with skills to replace the levers.[/quote']

Those levers are pretty straight-forward to replace yourself.

 

This is what the inside of an ergo lever looks like:

 

From here:

https://www.bikehub.co.za/forum_posts.asp?TID=53000&KW=ergo&PN=1

Edman2010-02-08 08:56:24

[AndreZA]

a bit off-topic but has anybody seen/heard of anybody converting the 10spd to 11spd? I know alot of people changed their 9spds to 10spds when it came out.

[CAAD4]

Ja, I sold my Ultegra and bought Chorus, so now I have 11 speed......

[AndreZA]

Ja' date=' I sold my Ultegra and bought Chorus, so now I have 11 speed......[/quote']

 

 

 

Ja slim Jan. I mean you can just replace the inside ratchet or something and it is upgraded.

[Minion]

 

a bit off-topic but has anybody seen/heard of anybody converting the 10spd to 11spd? I know alot of people changed their 9spds to 10spds when it came out.

I don't think it is possible.

 

Changing from 9 to 10 only required two small parts to be swapped on each lever. I believe the mechanism for 11sp is completely different and has almost no common parts with 10sp.

 

[YETI575]

Edman - does that picture come with step by step installation instructions?

 

 

[Minion]

 

Edman - does that picture come with step by step installation instructions?

Sort of. You just put it back in in the order it's shown in the Campag spare parts diagram:

 

http://www.campagnolo.com/repository/documenti/en/Spares08_A_1007.pdf

 

The difficult part is holding all the springs in place while you're tightening it. That's explained here:

http://www.yellowjersey.org/ergo1.html

 

If you're just replacing the brake lever, you don't even need to bother taking out the other stuff. You just need to (carefully) remove the pin I circled in red. I did it using a vice, a block of wood with a hole and another pin/dowel/bolt. You could also use a gentle hammer instead of the vice.

 

If you're not keen on doing it yourself, Finish Line cycles can do it and I'm sure Northcliff can too.