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01-18-08 | 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Wino Ryder

I have the same spherical ball braze-on on my '91 Tommasini. You may need to aquire an old NOS derailleur cable, as the ferrul on it would be the one you want. The one on mine is roughly a half inch long and rests up against the back side of the braze-on.

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Thanks, this is a good thought. If the ferrule is something I can remove and transfer to the new cable housing, then I don't even need NOS, I could take POS grade!

Someone at the bike co-op suggested using the barrel adjuster from an old derailleur to fill the same role, so if I can't find one of these 'step ferrules' from an old one, I might try that.

Cheers,
Neil

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