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Should I change cable & housing?
11/22/16 at 12:26am
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I plan to upgrade my shifter from an X-7 to X-9 and am debating whether to get new housing and cable as well. It's just a 3 year old bike and it currently has a full length Jagwire housing, so I wouldn't think it would have deteriorated much. I've only had the bike a few months so I don't know if the shifting performance has degraded since new. I'm just hoping to get a crisper shift with the X-9. Currently the upshifts are reasonably crisp but the downshifts are not. Advice?
  
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Reply #1 - 11/22/16 at 1:23pm
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skip the cable, housing and a change to Shimano will greatly increase all shifting capabilities. Had scam on a Santa Cruz  back in the day and really didn't like the stuff because of fussy shifting issues in either direction. Make mine Shimano XT or higher! No more shifting issues.
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Re: Should I change cable & housing?
Reply #2 - 11/22/16 at 2:01pm
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You may want to plan on replacing the cable at least. You will have to pull the cable completely out of the housing in order to thread it through the new shifter. If the open end is frayed or kinked you may have a difficult time threading it back through the shifter and housing. If it requires trimming to clean up, it may end up too short to be usable.

If you bought the shifter new, it will likely come with a new cable (no housing).
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Reply #3 - 11/22/16 at 2:32pm
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Change it...easy to do and relatively inexpensive.

  
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Slothzilla wrote on 11/22/16 at 2:32pm:
Change it...easy to do and relatively inexpensive.



This.

If you're going to the trouble to purchase a new shift replace the cable/housing as well.  I replace cables once a year and housing every 2yrs.  For how cheap they are I figure why not?
  
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flynbryan19 wrote on 11/22/16 at 2:53pm:


This.

If you're going to the trouble to purchase a new shift replace the cable/housing as well.  I replace cables once a year and housing every 2yrs.  For how cheap they are I figure why not?


This x 2.  Cheap to do.
  
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I skip the shifting and just go without.  I'ts really cheap and easy to do!!! Cheesy
  
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Slothzilla wrote on 11/22/16 at 2:32pm:
Change it...easy to do and relatively inexpensive.



Removes all doubt when you replace both.
  
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Reply #8 - 11/22/16 at 8:44pm
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Thanks you all. I guess I knew the answer but was hoping someone would convince me otherwise. So I'll get the other parts and do it right.
  
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Reply #9 - 11/30/16 at 2:33pm
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Yeah, slow downshifts are a sure sign of a cable that at the very least needs to be lubed. It usually happens so gradually that you don't notice it getting worse.
  
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Reply #10 - 12/01/16 at 6:21pm
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Dirkdee wrote on 11/30/16 at 2:33pm:
Yeah, slow downshifts are a sure sign of a cable that at the very least needs to be lubed. It usually happens so gradually that you don't notice it getting worse.


Someone who does maintenance on their bikes must have told you that!
  
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Re: Should I change cable & housing?
Reply #11 - 12/01/16 at 7:42pm
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Dirkdee wrote on 11/30/16 at 2:33pm:
Yeah, slow downshifts are a sure sign of a cable that at the very least needs to be lubed. It usually happens so gradually that you don't notice it getting worse.


You should change the cable and housing if you need to lube the cables. Its a great short term fix but once lube hit the cables it starts attracting grit.
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