Classic & Vintage - Shimano 600 brake levers (again)

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pennyfarthing
03-17-07, 12:37 PM
Can someone let me know if I need to get a set of barrel adjusters for these levers and if I do where I might be able to get them from. Or do I just need the rubber hoods ?

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j20/criticalmass2006/Stuff/P9180147.jpg

Thanks in advance

Antipodes
03-17-07, 12:46 PM
No, you do not need barrel adjusters for these levers - just use "brake lever ferrules" (this is what I call them), which kind of look like little cones that sit on the end of the cable and butt into the squarish hole on the lever....
infinityeye
03-17-07, 07:24 PM
he said butt

christoph1
03-18-07, 12:21 PM
I had such a delimma. It appears to me a cone shaped 5mm ferrules would pass through the large opening.
Two options; one go to bike parts usa . com they have a large ferrule
"Pyramid Lever Adjusting Barrel O/S 10mm"
That wasn't even large enough for my application so I found stainless Gromets; looks like a washer but concave. Used on camping shelters, punched into the material so you can use a rope to tie down the ends. They come in a million sizes so place one over the opening, the concave edge of the Gromets fit over the edges of the opening, place a 5 mm ferrule in the hole then insert housing and you are off and running. Fit is like a glove.