My Cinder Cone has STX 3x8 rapid fire pods on it (might have been from new as the whole front end of the bike has a period set up for 1996 - seems someone didn't like gripshifts). The front/left shifter has never worked properly in the whole time I've had the bike - the shifter flat out doesn't go into 3. At first I thought it was something to do with limit screws or the throw of the Sachs front mech, but an M737 one was no better.
On closer inspection, the shifter doesn't click onto 3 at all, in fact it runs out of travel before it can, and just stops. It also seems a bit like it wants to shift lower than the 1 position (it springs off to the right very quickly, but pushing it left is harder). I can select 1 and 2 just fine.
As well as I can display in text, the range of the indicator on the shifter (where | is the marker/needle/whatever) goes: (3|-2-1) ---> (3-2-1|).
Anyone have any idea if it's repairable, or do I need a new pair of pods? I'm getting sick of running it as a 1x8 when everything else on the bike works perfectly.
On closer inspection, the shifter doesn't click onto 3 at all, in fact it runs out of travel before it can, and just stops. It also seems a bit like it wants to shift lower than the 1 position (it springs off to the right very quickly, but pushing it left is harder). I can select 1 and 2 just fine.
As well as I can display in text, the range of the indicator on the shifter (where | is the marker/needle/whatever) goes: (3|-2-1) ---> (3-2-1|).
Anyone have any idea if it's repairable, or do I need a new pair of pods? I'm getting sick of running it as a 1x8 when everything else on the bike works perfectly.
