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Wanted: Does anyone have a Shimano ST-BR 505 right-hand shifter in their parts bin? Mine snapped a spring in the ratchet mechanism last night, so will shift down the cassette, but not back up. Sadly Shimano don't sell the springs as replacement parts, and I'm determined not to junk a shifter that has nothing else wrong with it. I'd happily pay for either a working one, or a non-working one (so long as it's not broken because the same spring has snapped).
In the attached picture, it's the spring circled in yellow that seems to have snapped. The pawl circled is green should be spring-loaded to press back into the ratchet.
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