How To Change Shimano STI Lever Hoods
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- čas přidán 19. 04. 2015
- Replacing your brake lever hoods is a great way of freshening up the look and feel of your bike. This is a guide to replacing Shimano hoods.
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Replacing brake hoods requires a couple of things; brute strength (good luck Dan) and alcohol hand wash.
If your hoods are starting to look a bit tired, shiny or worn out, it's probably time to replace them. Hoods are actually made from pretty touch rubber, so they're very difficult to tear off the levers. Instead, try pulling them off the lever.
Replacing the hoods is just as simple. Hoods are for specific sides of the bike, so make sure you get this one right. This is the point that you need the alcohol hand wash. Use it to lubricate the lever as you slide the hood on.
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This may be an "old" video by internet standards but it has come time for me to replace the hoods on my Dura Ace STI shifters. After fiddling with the new hoods for a while, this video showed me the "trick" and I got both of the sorted in a matter of a few minutes. Thanks for keeping info like this up as my components grow older and need replacement.
Yups, me too, at first its too tight to fit my new hood covers, that trick reeally works!! 2023 still kicks in...
Me too. This video saves my time to get the job done in a timely manner.
I've just bought some pure-white tyres and a pure-white chain to go with my pure-white bike. It looks great.
I haven't ridden it yet; I'm waiting for the Cyclocross season to start.
Don't forget ,white socks.
Dan's pretty good at applying lube to rubber... He'd better be protected from those STIs now
Alexander Poad hardcore mode for that comment section they do xD
Winner if the ad-lib caption competition!
Alexander Poad Surely comment of the week.
This deserves so many more likes lol
Yeah, those Subarus can be really annoying sometimes.
A year on from an upload date and I needed this. The tip about warming the rubber up is brilliant. Works like a charm. Belated thanks GCN!
I wish more companies made aftermarket hoods. It's as personalized an item as bar tape, but only a couple options out there. I would really like options on the color, texture and suppleness. I cant even find replacements for Shimano Claris. A good tip : Place a small square of bar tape under the hood where your hands rest for a little extra padding.
All good tips!
I have white and yellow bar tape on my bikes, and found a good way to extend the life of your neatly wrapped bar tape: You can easily wash that grime off with a vigourous scrub using a soft brush and a slurry of OxiClean (dissolved in hot water). Then rinse them off with water and let dry...good as new!
Still recommending hand sanitizer 😅😅 ... pretty sure it’s worth more than my new hoods #quarentinejobs
Just did this for the first time and thanks to this tutorial it was a breeze! Thank you very much!
This is exactly what I needed. It was informative and concise. Thank you for keeping this video around.
I just changed my DA9000 hoods in 2 minutes flat using this method and no tears on the new hoods. The old hoods “tore” coming off. I had a few practices with the old hoods and realised like Dan shows the hoods are hard to tear by force BUT they do cut easily. If you look at the 9000 levers there are two exposed metal actuators underneath the levers. When putting the new hoods on DO NOT let the hood touch these metal sections as they simply slice through the hood. If you push the hood up far enough then keep a finger under to stop the metal cutting the hood, use your other hand to carefully drag the hood over the top you don’t “tear” i.e. cut the new hood pulling it on. Hope that helps. You can clearly see the two metal strips to watch out for when the old hood is off.
Being 70 years old, I don't have the same hand strength I used to have. I cut off the old ST-R785 hoods, and used your GREAT TIP to use hand sanitizer to install the new ones. Thanks, the new ones look great on the bike!
I used a pair of plyers to grab the hoods to pull them on and off. Helped a lot. Also used gel lube getting them both on and off. Used a screw driver to fine tune the hood at the end.
Worked a treat, many thanks, though I did rip one of the old covers getting it off and cut the remainder off with a scissors! Much easier getting the new ones on that the old ones off which was a pleasant surprise.
crashed a couple days ago and tried to replace the damaged one. sweat, curses and failure. then i find your video and managed it pronto, BIG THANKS
How can i replace a hood with outer cable routing such as Tiagr STI shifters?
Worth adding: besides the brake hood logo facing outward, at least the Shimano R-7000 hoods I just replaced on my bike have clear L/R indicators inside the hoods to point out which goes on which side. And I'd be surprised if most hoods don't have similar.
Was as careful as possible and new Dura-Ace hood I was trying to put on tore easily... moral of the story here I think is to do the extra work and take the shifter off the bar if you're going to do this and don't want to take the risk.
same thing just happened to me with DA hood - big bummer
And to me, this method 100% does not work for Dura Ace hoods
Well that’s great. Just bough DA hoods, tore the old ones off and then read this...I’m not taking the levers off.
That bar tape (shudder)
Great video, I didn't know until last year that the rubber can be replaced.
Phew. Just changed mine, thanks for the tips.
Bloody brilliant video! Worked out extremely well. Thanks
It's even easier if you first turn the hood upside down, because the bottom part has a lot less rubber to push over the hood than the top part. I'm amazed they didn't do it that way in the first place. I've managed to do it off and on today without any lubrication. With much effort, but surely less than pulling it off as it is. If I used some lubrication it would be a snap.
Nice video. And I like that the brand new white hood is already dirty at 3:09.
Rubber doesn't expand when it is heated... it shrinks... Engineering 101 -
It will soften though
Applying the hand sanitizer really works so well. Just a little force and the hood is in place!!
Global Cycling Network You have to be very careful with the DA 9000 hoods, have found that they snap and rip like nothing else, helpful vid though!
John Law correct 9000 Hoods will tear even old ones coming off will tear you need take the levers of the bars to install them
Now I see this warning, after tearing a new DA9000 hood applying the method of this video...
Yes this method 100% does not work for DA 9000 hoods. Guaranteed to tear the hood getting it on there
Should have cut the old ones off?
It did help me today. Great. Thank you!
worked like a charm, did still require considerable hand strength and persistence.
Thanks for the tip. I was able to replace my bike hood cover .
Did this a couple of months ago, wish I knew about the alcogel tip!
I also think all future how to videos with Dan should be "How to...Like a Boss", just so we know that there isn't a better way to do things...actually, Dan should do all the how tos for this very reason ;-)
Rimmer
Managed to replaced my 7970 hood which is no longer available after market with 6870 hood. Almost but not completely the same. Felt good with the new one as the old durace hood is disintegrating and very sticky.
Job done, thanks Lloydy
Haha. Good advice except for the part about how tough they are. Mine immediately sliced in half on the shifting mech underneath the grx levers. With a new hood I covered the area with a bit of old hood to protect the new hood.
Dan, lubing rubber like a Boss!
I just did this job on my SRAM hoods using the hairdryer to warm the rubber first. On one side I used talcum powder, on the other side I used nothing. The talcum powder helped, but the job is also possible with no lube.
Won’t talcum powder leave deposits? Rubbing alcohol is the official recommendation as it evaporates eventually. GCN suggests hand sanitizer because it’s more widely available (well, not so anymore during this pandemic) and also evaporates leaving nothing behind that can interfere with the performance of the shifter.
how do u get it over the brake cables which come on the inside of each brake lever?
I have the same problem! Please HELP!
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Hand sanitizer worked like a bomb with my Campy hoods. Lucky I had some around because of COVID19.
Great Video. really helpful. Question ... How about putting some of the gel on the old ones to help them off?
Paul H Donaghy you can do that
cutting them away / through / off with scissors could work, too ;o)
Thanks, bro!
Would you happen to know where I could purchase Shimano600 brake hoods in any color other than black? (preferably white) Thanks so much!
Is that Dan's idea of cross training, with that trampoline in the background. #trampoline #toomuchswag
I suffer with numb hand granted I am over weight but I am trying to work on it but I really want to go on longer rides. My question is on my sti levers is there any way I can make the goods more comfortable like gel pad them? Please help have been professionally fitted and has made it feel and ride better. Thanks James
Did you shift the weight off your hands?
Good quality product. Correct, fast transport service.
What would you do about the annoying cables coming out of the the hoods on shimano sora
Annoying ?
Hey Daniel, thanks for the video. With your substantial beard you well resemble a shakespearean actor - in the role of, say, Macbeth. Nice!
Never done this but I feel that the old soapy water is going to work as good as alcohol hand wash
Would liked to see more detail on the hood removal at the beginning. Boom, he's got them off like magic. How to get them over the knob?
Just cut them...
Made that hard work
I had white brakes hoods a while back, and while it looks cool it's rather sensitive for smudges like chain oil etc i found it impossible to keep the white 'white'.
(In contrast to white leather bar tape, that stays white and is easy to clean smudges off)
Efstathios Dimopoulos Bleach deteriorates plastic at a rapid pace. Definitely don't use it on plastics, especially ones that see sunlight. Brake hoods are silicone, BTW.
thechosendude Funny.... in the old days when I was still smoking, I used to immerse my white keyboard keys and keyboard enclosure in Clorox solution overnight and in the morning they were sparkling clean. I'm not talking about the stuff used in pools but for clorox diluted in water..
Helpful!
What a legend
How did he manage to make the new white ones look dirty?
Dura Ace 9000 users : there's so many comments saying how it's impossible to change the hoods using this method. Simply not true! Given that 9000 hoods are difficult to source to begin with (at least here in the UK) I was very concerned about fitting my new hoods and potentially tearing them and possibly rendering them useless. I needn't have worried. I waited until the sunniest, hottest day of the year so far and worked in the sun so the rubber would be as soft as it could be. (I'm in Scotland so maybe what's a hot day for me is any day over 25C so maybe not too hot for others). I used washing up liquid in the end instead of sanitizer gel as I found the gel was evaporating too quickly. I also wore a pair of rubber gardening gloves which gave me more grip on the hoods and I gradually worked the hoods up over the bump and into place. It took a little time and persistence but it worked just fine. No need to remove the levers from the bike, no need to take your bike to the bike shop, just take your time and you'll get the job done.
Who would have thought my bulk buy of brake hood lubricant would be so useful in 2020
Thank you!!!!
+Luke Webster Our pleasure!
Prior to 1st thing , remove cable .
my st-rs685 hydraulic hoods are a joke, just built bike yesterday and its wildly dangerous how sloppy the fit is, they raise up and roll over just by looking at them. not joking
I have a cable sticking out right near the brakelever, so basicly i cant slite the new rubber thing on, what do i do? Should i just remove the entire leverblock to put it on from the other side and then remount it?
is there a replacement for the allen bolt? mine is getting loose
Dan cracking the sanitizer out pre-covid!
Can't use it in 2021 its more valuable than gold dust :-D
The best way is to take the shifter off the handle bar and replace the hood. I did it this way and messed up the mechanism underneath the lever. Beware.
Does anyone know if 105 5800 covers fit 9000 dura-ace sti's? Thanks
Works the same way for SRAM too.
Hi GCN,
I would like to "peek" (be at my best) in the first week of july for a week of cycling in the alps. Right now I'm just riding around 200-250 km/ week without doing intervals. I ride 3times/week, always at the same, pretty high intensity. (I feel it in my legs when I'm back from a ride but not so hard that I suffer from it the day after)
When do you think I should start intervals and at what intensity to peek in the first week of july?
*peak
I have a 20 years old STI levers from shimano and I cannot find any replacement hood anywhere. What do I do? They're 105 st1055 8 speed.
Didn't know puny cyclist arms were known for strength Dan, learn something new everyday.
I think we should have a strength video: GCN crew vs the women on the new FiT channel.
Can you use ANY type of hood. When I google available options, there seems to be so many sizes, and shapes. How do you know the specific shape and size hood for my brake level hood cover size and style of brake?
You need to identify the exact brand and model of your shifter. Last point is important as there are variants of shifters - ST-5700 may have a slight difference with ST-5701. From my brief search I wasn’t able to find an abundance of third party covers so I stuck with genuine ones from Shimano.
Not recommended for dura ace hoods. Both mine tore and I was super careful with the second.
Removing is easy: cut it.
My question: how do i remove the cable fastener attached to the mechanism? Tug it off or unscrew?
Thank you! Coincidentally, I have a lot of hand sanitizer.
Сделал всё, как рассказано в видео -- да, силу пришлось приложить, но всё снялось и наделось как надо :)
Where are the cables you have to bypass to remove the hoods?
The boss is starting to look like sir Bradley wiggins
Get it right . SBW is starting to look like "The Boss"
You should make vid about "how to clue a tubular tire".
Interesting vid, sherlock
I soak the hoods in some nearly boiling water to loosen up the rubber.
can you guys help me whats the compatible hood cover replacement on my old shimano rsx sti ?
good tip if you don't have hand gel: hair spray works just as well as the gel!
daveholla As does "Windex" (glass cleaner)
daveholla even white spirit
i just sat here watching this, not an issue except i don't have a road bike :D
budycelyn Know what you mean, same here; I'm just seeing it as building up a knowledge base ahead of my next bike purchase (which will be road, ofc).
Boom baby thank you
Does anyone know if this works for hydraulic brake levers?? I have an ST-RS685
I managed to get the wrong one on very quickly! (no sleep), but then got that off and the correct one on without hand sanitiser. I initially thought oh no lever off, cables out it will never go over the top! Cheers Dan (jimmyriddle50)
Are Shimano hoods a one size fits all or are each model different?
Some models like 105 and ultegra (in some cases) are the same. But there are also different designs. Order the correct ones by checking the STI part number.
thank you!
Adam Najduch You're welcome!
How much assembly is required?
I just came for permission to stretch the crap out of my new hoods.
...I've replaced old style hoods before, but first time with STIs and just wanted to make sure they could still take a beating!
my bike has a break cable coming out the side, what do you do with that?
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Re current dura ace 9150 hoods they will rip! Pretty fragile. I learned when trying to take one off. Then it occurred to me- it's probably much easier to just cut the ones you're replacing to get them off... Ha ha!
Obtaining hand sanitizer is a little problematic now in early 2020 :-)
hardest workout in my life
Uncanny, one of my hoods has just split on the commute home
Can anyone point me to instructions on how to change the hoods when there is shifter cables in the way?
So whose bike did you nick...er...I mean borrow, for the video then Dan?
I bet it's still chained to something. And now, imagine the owner is done at the pub and finds his bike with different hoods…
Great :)
When the bikes weren't sponsored
Downvoted! Tore brand new Dura Ace hood as I was stretching it over the brake!
Yep. Me too!
Set it out in the sun for an hour or so. Apply rubbing alcohol and use a firm pull and push technique. Once it grabs ahold on top it goes on nicely. Honestly don't know how people rip these.
Could've used pure alchohol also, maybe less residue
It's 2021. I have tons of hand sanitizer in the house. In 2015? Not a single bottle.
I'm an idiot. I initially thought I would have to remove the entire shifter to slide the hood over the back of it.
Ok, nice. Now show us how this works on the STI 6600 levers.
Them hoods ain't gonna catch no Covids