DRietz
02-03-2011, 07:24 PM
Alright, so, someone just recently proposed the question about how I get Campagnolo hoods off and on.
I do regular Ergo dis- and re-assemblies, 23 complete overhauls I think I’ve done now, not including three of my own. Some hate the process, but I’m a tinkerer and always have been.
I realized the fact that removing hoods was kind of a pain the first time I ever did an overhaul and, to be honest, my method is what some may call primitive, but I like it because I don’t like using solvents, soaps, cleaners, chemicals, etc that may make a huge mess or degrade the hood or shifter body.
So, to start off. Here’s how I remove the hoods. If your hoods are torn, and you’re simply replacing them and don’t want them, you have two options. 1. Remove them in this manner and mail them to me ( :D ) or 2. Just cut them off and save two minutes, move down to the next bolded section.
If you’re doing an Ergo repair and wish to keep the hoods, here’s how I remove them (each picture corresponds to the photo below it):
Here we have a Campagnolo Ergo shifter as you’d find it on the bike – hood and all:
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/9844/img1256r.jpg
The first step is to roll bar-facing side of the hood over the thumb lever. The rubber on these hoods is quite stretchy, and this can be done easily. Don’t tug like a freaking mad man and it won’t tear. If you’re really concerned, release the tab holding the hood into the shifter body before moving the hood. The first picture is the tab and the second is what it’s like after you have the hood over the thumb shifter:
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/5372/img1266um.jpg
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/169/img1257yh.jpg
Alright, here’s where it gets dodgy for some people. I take a screw driver, or in this case, a dulled pick I have, and get it under the hood. Avoid piercing the hood by going on the outside of the shifter body:
http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/7540/img1258k.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7325/img1260nh.jpg
This next part you have to visualize as I couldn’t take a picture while doing it. Once your tool of choice is between the hood and shifter body, get one hand on the handle and one on the part of the tool sticking out the other side. Raise the tool inside the hood so the tool slides over the hump of the shifter body. Then, with the hand holding the handle, raise it like a car jack towards the brake lever. The hood will slip off and pull it off. Result:
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/4813/img1262dj.jpg
I do regular Ergo dis- and re-assemblies, 23 complete overhauls I think I’ve done now, not including three of my own. Some hate the process, but I’m a tinkerer and always have been.
I realized the fact that removing hoods was kind of a pain the first time I ever did an overhaul and, to be honest, my method is what some may call primitive, but I like it because I don’t like using solvents, soaps, cleaners, chemicals, etc that may make a huge mess or degrade the hood or shifter body.
So, to start off. Here’s how I remove the hoods. If your hoods are torn, and you’re simply replacing them and don’t want them, you have two options. 1. Remove them in this manner and mail them to me ( :D ) or 2. Just cut them off and save two minutes, move down to the next bolded section.
If you’re doing an Ergo repair and wish to keep the hoods, here’s how I remove them (each picture corresponds to the photo below it):
Here we have a Campagnolo Ergo shifter as you’d find it on the bike – hood and all:
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/9844/img1256r.jpg
The first step is to roll bar-facing side of the hood over the thumb lever. The rubber on these hoods is quite stretchy, and this can be done easily. Don’t tug like a freaking mad man and it won’t tear. If you’re really concerned, release the tab holding the hood into the shifter body before moving the hood. The first picture is the tab and the second is what it’s like after you have the hood over the thumb shifter:
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/5372/img1266um.jpg
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/169/img1257yh.jpg
Alright, here’s where it gets dodgy for some people. I take a screw driver, or in this case, a dulled pick I have, and get it under the hood. Avoid piercing the hood by going on the outside of the shifter body:
http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/7540/img1258k.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7325/img1260nh.jpg
This next part you have to visualize as I couldn’t take a picture while doing it. Once your tool of choice is between the hood and shifter body, get one hand on the handle and one on the part of the tool sticking out the other side. Raise the tool inside the hood so the tool slides over the hump of the shifter body. Then, with the hand holding the handle, raise it like a car jack towards the brake lever. The hood will slip off and pull it off. Result:
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/4813/img1262dj.jpg