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Old 07-21-21, 03:47 PM
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Lubricating Veloce levers

I would like to lubricate my 2015 Campagnolo Veloce 10-speed ergo levers. I prefer a surgical approach over just shooting then up with spray grease. Do I need to remove them from the bars to get in from the back, or will it do to pull off the hoods and go in with a blunt hypodermic from the bottoms and through the side button apertures? Thanks!
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Originally Posted by oldschoolbike
I would like to lubricate my 2015 Campagnolo Veloce 10-speed ergo levers. I prefer a surgical approach over just shooting then up with spray grease. Do I need to remove them from the bars to get in from the back, or will it do to pull off the hoods and go in with a blunt hypodermic from the bottoms and through the side button apertures? Thanks!
Strictly speaking the shifters should be disassembled and the moving parts lightly greased, but that's a significant job. What are they doing that you think they need greasing? I've run my Chorus 10 shifters for >10 years between any sort of maintenance, and they were fine.
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Maybe they are fine, it's hard to know for sure since any degradation would have been slow and over 5 seasons, and it's my only indexed bike so nothing to compare to. That's why I prefer a minimal approach. The sloppy shifting on my last ride will probably turn out to be the bottom bracket cable guide getting gunked up. It almost always does.

If I can't make them do something wrong on the stand, should I just leave them alone? Are they that well lubed at the factory?
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Originally Posted by oldschoolbike
Maybe they are fine, it's hard to know for sure since any degradation would have been slow and over 5 seasons, and it's my only indexed bike so nothing to compare to. That's why I prefer a minimal approach. The sloppy shifting on my last ride will probably turn out to be the bottom bracket cable guide getting gunked up. It almost always does.

If I can't make them do something wrong on the stand, should I just leave them alone? Are they that well lubed at the factory?
deteriorating shifting can sneak up on you indeed. I had a pair of shifters on the go for 16 years before I sent them in for an overhaul, mainly because I thought they were probably due some TLC rather than for any specific problem. I couldn’t believe how good they were when they came back (in other words, how bad they had gradually become over the years). Still, unless they’ve spent a lot of time in crappy conditions, Campag shifters should be good for more than 6 years. Unless there’s something specific wrong with the shifters, IME 90% of shifting problems are cable-related. After I do anything to the drivetrain, I put it through its paces on the stand. In general, if it behaves on the stand, it’s good to go on the road.
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I have no experience with Veloce 10 speed other than looking into a right brake/shifter that came on a trainer. What I recall is the internals are very different than the rebuildable Chorus and Record 10s I have and appeared to me to be un-rebuildable. Hopefully someone can correct my impression but at this time to me on this basis I suspect your desirable surgical approach will not be possible. Best of luck.
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