What is wrong with the gripshifters on my old mountain bike?

Soldato
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Evening all!

Ok, I've tracked down the issue with the grip shifters on my old bike, but I don't know how to address it.

It's an old Shimano SIS system, 3x5 speed.

The rear shifting is fine - one click = one gear, up and down. Perfect.

On the left shifter, the hard limits are ok, I've set those. There are 3 clicks between each gear marking on the shifter. What I'm finding is that to shift gear, the shift itself is clean, but then the derailleur rubs on the chain, and I have to go back one click to align things properly.

I'm only just learning about bikes, and although I indexed my SRAM x5 shifters on my other bike the other night, I have no clue about the gripshift system.

Cheers for any help.
 
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