Wired Cruiser shifter repair

[CaliforniaCal]

I have a Wired Cruiser and recently I broke the thumb shifter, but just the plastic button/trigger part. Is there any way to replace it without pulling the cables out as well? They run internally and I don’t want to open this thing up if I can help it at all.

 

[Annieolnie]

You can watch some YouTube videos on "taking apart a Tourney 7 speed shifter", this will help you know what's wrong. If you broke the little white stick that's in there you could just move it over from another shifter, it may have just popped out. Your internal cabling is going to go through sheathing, so it's not too bad to feed a new wire if you have to, but take a look first and see what you find.