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A customer in Denver taught me something about old Campagnolo shifters

This guy brought in a 1980s Bianchi with a sticky right shifter, and he said 'it feels like the grease inside has turned to glue.' He was right, I opened it up and found this thick, waxy gunk instead of proper grease. We cleaned it all out with some citrus degreaser and used fresh Phil Wood grease. What's the oldest group set you've had to service like that?
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adam414
adam4141mo ago
That old grease thing happens with so much stuff now, doesn't it?
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oscar_gonzalez45
Feels like everything's designed to wear out faster these days, right?
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the_julia
the_julia1mo ago
Sounds like that grease finally retired.
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