Sram X0 X.0 trigger shifters cable replace change
Posted by Matt on December 11th, 2006
Note on Sram X.0 trigger shifters: Front cable is easy to replace. Rear cable is difficult. For best results, use cables that do not have to be cut (not the double ended cables where you have to cut one end off to use it). The cut end is difficult to keep from fraying when installing the cable.
To replace, take off black shifter cover by using pliers to turn the silver star shaped nut on top of the plastic, this will remove the cover. Do not use an allen wrench on any of the bolts or you will end up taking the shifter apart. For the rear, remove the spring. One end of the spring goes in the smaller rectangular hole in the circular tray, the other end goes between the post and end of shifter and sits up in a groove… it takes a little tension to get it into this position.
Use cables that do not have to be cut. If cable is the kind that has to be cut, paint the end with something to keep it from fraying, nail polish hardener, or clear coat of some kind and let it dry. Put shifter body into vise to hold it and have 2 hands free, insert rear cable into slot on round plactic tray and push around the corner, easing it around with the point of a small paperclip and trying to avoid fraying it, pull the cable through the tiny hole and bend it around the plastic tray to ease the pulling and pull the whole thing through, then shift the aluminum lever to turn the tray and insert the cable through the hole at the end of the shifter body and pull through.
Done.