cable cutters help.

[hesdownagain]

The 6mm brake housing got the dremel treatment :

WD

(Edited to add picture )

Nice finish

Mine are a little more 'industrial' to behold. . . but they work fine and the end cap covers all ills

mmmm. may be i could trim back the plastic braid a little to get the end cap to fit better. these have wire strands inside not a solid piece. will give it a try..

 

[FluffyChicken]

If the end are not flat, more so for the gears, then you can have flex in the system. Ferrules can not stop that. If you use a cable cutter pliers the proper way is to file them flat (or maybe on a slight angle for gear if you know it's bending a lot, perhaps for the rear..) Course I would never bother with that, hence why I like the dremels method of doing it all in on, plus spinning fast disk are fun to play with.

If you melt the plastic cover in the cable, just file it down a little so the ferrules/end cap fits on .

 

[hesdownagain]

plus spinning fast disk are fun to play with

 

[dbmtb]

Cheap and cheerful £25 Pro (by Shimano) cable cutters.

Nearly as nice as proper Shimano cutters, and better than the Park ones I had that were too narrow to cut brake outer properly.

 

[WD Pro]

The 6mm brake housing got the dremel treatment :

WD

(Edited to add picture )

Nice finish

Mine are a little more 'industrial' to behold. . . but they work fine and the end cap covers all ills

mmmm. may be i could trim back the plastic braid a little to get the end cap to fit better. these have wire strands inside not a solid piece. will give it a try..

It's only cut back so I can get a end on that will actually fit in the frame bosses

The braid on the type of outer you have is important as it is needed to support the strands

WD

 

[hesdownagain]

have managed to do most only one more to do will do that tomorrow. it's been a bind and someone is bound to see this now and say how your supposed to do it...lol.. thanks for all the input..next time i go for the solid stuff..

 

[WD Pro]

I am going to get braided next time lighter, less compression and most importantly. looks cooler

What make did you get ?

Cheers,

WD

 

[hesdownagain]

if you look back in the thread i have put a link with the item..

 

[WD Pro]

Arkward kid has just fitted something very similar to his litespeed, might be worth a pm / question ?

I have my eye on the goodridge stuff - I didn't realise they did cables until very recently :shock:

WD

 

[SeeingisBelievingGTMuseum]

Searched for those over here gm... without luck unfortunately, and shipping proved a killer when I enquired

Not hard enough....the power of the world is at your finger tips bro
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