Originally Posted by
Antipodes
It takes patience indeed
I find that if you put a slight bend in the cable - not a sharp kink of course, but a subtle arc, it definitely helps in trying to find the "exit" hole. Yes, you are correct in the way you are going about it - cable first, then slide the housing over.
Okay, thanks very much.
I'll have to be more patient. Part of me wonders if bike companies that had to assemble these in any great numbers had either a trick or a special tool they used to speed things up. It is pretty tedious work.