Annoying Thing #103,899: Missing plastic plug from an XTR M900 Shifter

[hookooekoo]

They're like hen's teeth, or rocking horse manure (take your pick).

I still have the plugs that came in my shifters on a new bike, but the shifters I bought secondhand were missing the plugs.

 

[BrushedAluminium]

niceee

Am I correct in saying 8mm?

 

[hookooekoo]

 

[hookooekoo]

Caliper measurements have about 0.2mm compression of the plug to hold it in place for the camera.

 

[BrushedAluminium]

Awesome response! 6mm internal

 

[hookooekoo]

Allowing for slight compression of the plug during photographing, the part of the plug that goes in the shifter hole is an ellipse, with major and minor axes approximately 7mm x 6mm. Similarly, the part of the plug that you see when it's installed is an ellipse with major and minor axes approximately 9mm x 7.25mm.

 

[hookooekoo]

By the way, these measurements are for a plug from an XT ST-M095 unit, but I'm sure they're the same as XTR M900 plugs.

 

[pw_pw_la]

God, I love this place!

 

[pw_pw_la]

Right ... when I sold a full XTR groupset the thing I was able to say was ‘...and it has the incredibly rare rubber cable hole plugs which everyone loses by prizing them off only to find they ping into a part of the workshop never to be found again...’.

You know, I think I remember you saying this!



And great link too! Thanks 2Many!

 

[pw_pw_la]

Wah-wah...