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04-17-10 | 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by kakaman

Thanks for the advice! Just to clarify, at the yoke, its really two wires, correct? You have the two diagonal wires connected to the yoke, and then a brake wire thats connected to the brake lever.

There are two typical systems. The traditional way is for a single yoke cable connecting the two halves of the brake, and looped over a carrier to which the main cable is attached. The other way is for the main cable to through the carrier and be attached to one arm, and for a short link to go from the carrier to the other.

Both work basically the same, the newer is a bit faster to assemble, but the older allows the yoke cable length to be adjusted more easily.

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