Originally Posted by
70sSanO
I started having shifting problems and it turned out that the stupid noodle setup wouldn't accept a ferrule for the shift cable but the strands were pulling through; which I should have seen coming. I decided to use some Jagwire 5mm brake housing despite some misgivings. It is about 16" to the DT boss cable stop. So far I have not had any problems with the indexing and it is nice to keep my hands on the bars despite the required gyrations.
John
Had the same issue 2.5 years back.
Just got a 'new' 1982 Holdsworth Avanti so of course I checked it over and replaced the cables with fancy new Shimano ones.
Shifter cable kept pulling through the chain stay cable stop.
After some research I realised Shimano introduced 4mm shifter cables around 1984.
So of course my cable stops were for 5mm cables.
Replaced the cable outer with 5mm Shimano brake outer and everything was fine, and stayed that way - even works friction shifting 8 speed.