JTek 11 Lever

[clarion]

Of all the things which I thought might cause me difficulties in the build of my Peregrine, I never thought that I would have been defeated by the threading of a cable through a lever!

The instructions which come with the lever show the alignment of the hole as tangential to the body of the lever, but the diagram is clearly of a JTek 8, which is smaller.

It appears the JTek 11 shares the same mounting, but a different sized lever body, meaning the cable has to magically make its way round a corner just out of sight.

There is no obvious way of dismantling the lever mechanism, and I am somewhat wary of doing so.

Experience/ideas? 

Help! 

[bobb]

I have no experience of that particular model, but I have had problems in the past with other brands.

My solution has always been to make a cup of tea and then start prodding randomly. Eventually your cable will slide in nicely with a very satisfying result.

Hope that helps 

[D.A.L.E.]

Go do something else and come back to it. These things sort themselves out.

[Kim]

If it's anything like making a cable go round a corner out of sight on a twist shifter, the trick seems to be to put a slight kink about 1cm from the end of the cable, feed it with a twisting motion, and harsh language.

[Brucey]

a suggested route that might work for you;

1) move the lever until it is mid-stroke
2) feed the cable through the hole in the lever and pull it through
3) put a kink in the end as per a suggestion above
4) thread the cable through the hole in the shifter body

hth

cheers

[PaulF]

With the 8 sped it was challenging. In fact I returned one as faulty only to have the same apparent fault with its replacement. A quick call to Planet X service department put me right.

I may be very wrong but I seem to remember that it had to be in a specific gear for the hole to line up. You could try running through the different gears and see if you can see a clear path? Think it was one in the middle

[clarion]

Some good advice there.  I will have another go (probably tonight) and report back

[clarion]

If it's anything like making a cable go round a corner out of sight on a twist shifter, the trick seems to be to put a slight kink about 1cm from the end of the cable, feed it with a twisting motion, and harsh language.

WINNER!!

Yes, a small kink did the trick

[PaulF]

Having a kink always goes down well

[clarion]

Works for me!