The Hawley Blog

And now, re-assembling the Campy Record shifter. Behold, the finger lever with ratchet ring, pivot post nut and washers installed.

Finger lever slides into the lever body. Bearings now sit around the pivot post.

The G Spring carrier sits snugly with both G-Springs inserted on either side with a liberal slathering of Campy grease.

Another washer and the index gear is placed on top.

The index spring is set in the index gear, a layer of grease and the thumb lever is squeezed onto the end of the spring.

What Zinn refers to as the “bushing”, which isn’t really a bushing, is placed into the center of the index gear and thumb lever.

Now the tricky bit. This is where it helps to have a 5mm in a vise or a custom made shifter jig so you can have both hands free. A flat head screwdriver is used to wind the compensation spring on top of the thumb lever. This is where all the tension lives!!!

Properly installed, the compensation spring should look something like this:

Now a washer and a bolt are thrown on top to hold everything together or else, CHAOS!

Grease all the moving joints.

Slip the plastic bottom cover back on. No need for a hammer as finger strength should suffice. If not, seek medical attention; you have Asian Finger Death Fever.

Whoopsy, don’t forget to slip in the top spring above the finger lever. Patrick prefers a pair of needle nose pliers and steady fingers, honed after decades of all night “Operation” marathons.

The spring is snugly bedded in the lever body. The shifter has been rebuilt and Patrick will be allowed to see his loved ones again, unharmed…. until the left lever needs rebuilding.

VOILA! The finished product. Doesn’t look too different, but if you could HEAR how it shifts now, you’d soil yer britches!