Originally Posted by
ca7erham
Be lucky you didnt have my old brakes (I still have the old rear, but that seems ok for now, and I'm running J5s out front). First I broke the front brake cable on my driveway. Then on a friends drive way. Then it broke as I was braking for a hairpin on a trail, sending me into a sign warning me about the hairpin. Then it broke again on my driveway. Finally it broke again as I was braking hard for a tight corner on a steep hill (braking from around 20 after a long, straight DH). That sent me (I couldnt even come close to even being close to being able to turn or use my rear only due to the speed, tightness of the corner, and the loose dirt) through two honeysuckle plants, over a fallen tree and finally into a tree. After that I said screw it and dropped 80 and upgraded the damned thing.
Remember I had a similar problem?
The cause was over-torquing the anchor bolts man. I replaced my first cable a while ago, I didn't excessively tighten the bolt, and there have been no signs of fraying whatsoever.
It is only beginning to fray now because I didn't think and I reefed down too hard on the anchor bolt after replacing my pads the other night.