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Problem when disassembling Shimano ST-6700 / ST-6703 shifters


sb-user

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First of all, thank you very much for your great videos on the ST-6700 shifters! Those gave me the confidence I could take apart my shifters, clean them, grease them and have like new shifters.

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Unfortunately, I'm stuck at the step where the pin-screw is pushed out to get the shifting mechanism out of the handle. The pin / screw won't move one iota, on both shifters!

It looks quite easy in your videos, but no matter how hard I push (which is not maximal due to the position of the tip of the screw being not very accessible). I ended up using the end of the rubber-coated handle of some pliers in order to not damage the screw, have a little grip and being able to apply some force. But still, there is no movement - well other than to the sides / up/down, but not backwards.

I also applied some oil over night, but so far to no avail.

 

Any reason why the pin-screw wouldn't move backwards?

Any trick I could try to get the screw out unharmed?

 

Thank you!

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  • 3 months later...

So, ok, I had to go back and disassemble the shifter for real this time as one of the springs broke...

Luckily, this time I realized why I couldn't get the pin-screw out last time: There is a little fixing screw that runs perpendicular to the pin-screw and ends directly on the side of the head of the pin-screw, to prevent it from getting loose when it's not supposed to do so. This screw is not mentioned in the video, so I didn't expected it to exist in the first place.

The screw is some sort of Allen key headless socket set screw / Allen grub screw (similar to the ones on the following picture), I think it was 1,5 mm.

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It is in the same hole the screw for the little cover of the shifting mechanism goes in, too. So, it was doubly unexpected.

Once this screw is loosened, the pin-screw comes out as effortlessly as shown in the videos.

 

But now I know how to dis- and reassemble the shifters!

 

Thanks for the videos, they were a great and essential help!

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