How to Replace a Bicycle Grip Shifter
How to Replace a Bicycle Grip Shifter
Both Grip Shifts have recently disintegrated on my son’s mountain bike. I recently changed the 6 speed grip shift and in this video I’m here to show you how to change the 3 Speed Front Grip Shift.
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Today’s Tool Kit
To change your Grip Shift you will need the following
– New Sram 3.0 Shifter 3 Speed Front Grip Shift. I bought mine here https://goo.gl/q1hTKu
– Adjustable spanner
– Pliers (incl. wire cutters)
– 3mm hex key (allen key)
To remove the existing Grip Shifter you need to loosen the hex clamp bolt on the underside of the Grip Shifter. It can then be slid off the handle bar. The cable can then be released from the front derailleur using the spanner, and pulled free of the bike. Note the position of the cable housing and the frame slots that the new cable will need to be located in, before removing the old cable.
You then slide the new Grip Shifter onto the handlebar, rotate the Grip Shifter until all three gear numbers are visible when you are sitting on the bicycle, and tighten the hex clamp bolt. Ensure the Grip Shifter gear points to gear number 1, and then re-thread the new cable through the cable housing, and thread the cable through all frame slots and back to the front derailleur.
Pull the cable until it’s taught and then tighten the nut on the front derailleur, fixing the cable in position.
Check the operation of the Grip Shifter to ensure that when moved through gears 1 to 3 the front derailleur moves the chain onto the right cog. Loosen or tighten the cable as necessary by loosening and then re-tightening the nut on the front derailleur, or if only minor adjustment is required, rotate the barrel adjuster on the underside of the Grip Shifter.
LET’S CONNECT!
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Thank you, your video helped me get my daughter’s bike working like it should!
grip shifter is or button shifter
i have a bicycle that I need to buy those hand shifting for it any suggestions ?
How do you put the cable in the shift grip, though?
Good video but cut the porn music lmao
thanks you for the great instructions!
I appreciate it.
But if you’re doing all of this you could just buy trigger shifters and use the same method no?
Can 21 speed shifter work on 18 speed shifter
Thanks Charlie ! I did end up buying the SRAM twist shifter and with the help of your video, got it installed and went for a short ride today ( 6 miles). Worked great!! Thanks again..
Does anyone else feel like he might be installing these on the wrong sides because he’s English? Seriously though, great video.
heeey!….it’s chef gordon ramsey fixin’ a bike 😃
My gear handle wont click so when I move it it goes back to six and doesnt stay on anything else. There is a piece that fell off from it but I don’t know how to put it back. Can you help please.
I’m kinda screwed since mine doesn’t have a Allen key screw.
Very informative, thanks a lot <3
Is there any way to swap a grip shift to a trigger shift
Will it work for a jammed shifter?
the grub screw has come out but that thing does not want to move an inch. what’s going on?
Thanks so muchfor your help I believe I can fix my daughters bike now this weekend… Peace
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Great video! Mine is indentical , and just came apart.. Any other advice on what info I need on this to order another one? Mine has the following written on it, SRAM Grip Shift MAX. Thanks for any help you can offer.
The music is too loud. I want to hear you speak, not some disco soundtrack.
The disco action backing track is the best! I watched at 1.5 speed so it was very motivating. 😀
very n
The screw underneath my shifter is stripped so i am unable to remove the shifter, any ideas?
Great who was the music?
Watched your video, and then installed the new shifters on my wife’s bike (both sides). Thanks for the great tutorial!
Awful
Thanks mate
Really helped me upgrade to a shimano grip shifter instead of my cheap one
Good, clear instructions. Cool music. Perfect.
Very good video and English is very good
All good, just remember that on rear derallier this all is backwards – gear #1 is the biggest cog and the most tense cable 🙂
Awesome video but annoying music is very distracting. All in all nice job. Thx
I dont see any screws or anything on my twist grip. I had to remove it to replace the brake lever and now its loose. Help please
Nice video! You should put one of those crimping ends on the cable after you cut it so it won’t fray again.
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