Video: Repairing Pam Murray's Silver shifters

[Eric Marth]

Hi everyone — Last fall Pam Murray sent me some Silver shifter levers that were in need of repair. They came off her high-mileage Betty Foy after the springs wore out. 

Thanks to Mike Godwin for sending me a broken pair of the old Suntour Sprint levers, they provided the parts I needed to get Pam's shifters back up and running. 

I made a video about the process, it's up here: https://youtu.be/0g67pjAPYZk

I hope this is helpful to anyone looking to get their worn out or broken Silver v1 or v2 shifters back into shape.

Cheers! 

[Garth]

Good Job Eric ! 

[Diana H]

Great video! Thank you for sharing.

Diana 

San Francisco 

[Bill Schaefer]

Love your videos Eric, very relaxing.

[J J]

This was good to watch — generous of you to share with the community, Eric.

Now referencing "turducken" in a Riv-aligned video was probably a first....and somehow very fitting...

Thanks again

Jim

[John Rinker]

Great video Eric! Now I'm looking forward to my silver shifters breaking down so I can tinker like a pro.

Also, I dig the wooden-handled screwdrivers and your prowess with the technical language: 'Some other sort of dealy'. Ha! Well done!

Cheers, John

[ascpgh]

Thanks for that Eric, I really appreciate when things are opened and demystified. Suntour's pawled/friction shifter guts have been diagrammed but watching them be opened, disassembled and serviced/reassembled is very rewarding. 

Really brings out the non-artist, inquisitive amateur mechanic in me, like Daniel Rebour's illustrations do. 

Andy Cheatham

Pittsburgh

On Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 7:48:05 AM UTC-5 eric...@gmail.com wrote:

[Noah Hirschl]

I loved this! Thanks, Eric.

On Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 11:30:10 AM UTC-5 wls...@gmail.com wrote:

[Tony Lockhart]

Lovely video, Eric. Your shop gives me those Van Neistat vibes. Thanks for documenting this and sharing your process. 

[Pam Bikes]

I'm beyond amazed how great this group is to come together to fix my broken shifters.  Thank you to Eric for taking them apart and to Mike Godwin for the guts.  I love to repair things and get full utility out of all components.  What a great video.

[JohnS]

Thank you Eric for sharing! All good advice. Nothing worse than a small part falling on the shop floor and spending untold time groping around looking for it.

JohnS

PS - Which bike are you bringing to the Expo?

[Bicycle Belle Ding Ding!]

You are so good to your RivSisters, Eric. Thank you for fixing those shifters for our Pam and for making a documentary so others can repair theirs, too. You may have just outed yourself to some of us less-than-mechanical types. If you start receiving packages of broken stuff in the mail, well, you’ll know how that happened. 

I hope I get to meet you next weekend!

Leah 

[Eric Marth]

Thanks everyone for checking out the project and for the kind feedback. 

Leah, let me know if you ever need a hand with something that can easily be mailed out to me in Virginia :0)  I should be around mid-day on Saturday for PBE

[John Rinker]

Hey Eric,

Is there any merit to lightly lubricating any part of the ratchet shifters for smoother action? Or would this defeat the friction effect?

Cheers, John

[Eric Marth]

I think a little light lube would help slow corrosion rather than improve ratchet action. In the past I've put a little lube on a rag and rubbed the spring, pawl and ratchet washer. Can't remember if I used T9 or Tri-Flow

[John Rinker]

Thanks Eric. Perhaps I'll use the T9 I have. 

Cheers.