Originally Posted by
BikePower
is that for crimping the ferrules that go on the ends of the housing? or is it for the caps that get crimped on to the end of the cable wire itself to keep it from fraying?
It’s for crimping the ends on the inner cable. It works okay but the
Park NP-6 does a much better job of crimping the cable ends. The cable cutters do an excellent job on the cable housing, however.
The ferrules don’t really need crimping at all. I don’t know of any tool for crimping the ferrules.