What brake cable is this?? Never seen it before!
05-06-19, 04:22 PM
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Having worked as an engineer in a chemical plant makes one a bit peevish and detail-oriented about safety.
I just thought of a very easy fix that doesn't involve machining. It would take a bit of searching on this here interweb, though.
The stop collars shown in the pic I added are very easily found, but you need something that will fit into the socket in the brake, where the old lead cable stop fit. The collars won't fit. Here's the easy-peasy suggestion: find a small piece of tubing (steel or brass or even plastic) that has the same diameter as the original stop and a properly sized hole through it. Install the new one-ended cable and thread it through the old threaded adjustment collar from the old cable. Put a short piece of the tube on the cable and install it into the brake arm cavity. Put the easy-to-find stop collar on the cable. This allows a pretty reasonable fix with easily available materials with no welding or soldering or casting. You might double up on the stop collars, and use LocTite adhesive thread locker. Use blue, medium strength Loctite, not red (permanent).
This pic may help.
I just thought of a very easy fix that doesn't involve machining. It would take a bit of searching on this here interweb, though.
The stop collars shown in the pic I added are very easily found, but you need something that will fit into the socket in the brake, where the old lead cable stop fit. The collars won't fit. Here's the easy-peasy suggestion: find a small piece of tubing (steel or brass or even plastic) that has the same diameter as the original stop and a properly sized hole through it. Install the new one-ended cable and thread it through the old threaded adjustment collar from the old cable. Put a short piece of the tube on the cable and install it into the brake arm cavity. Put the easy-to-find stop collar on the cable. This allows a pretty reasonable fix with easily available materials with no welding or soldering or casting. You might double up on the stop collars, and use LocTite adhesive thread locker. Use blue, medium strength Loctite, not red (permanent).
This pic may help.
05-06-19, 09:40 PM
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If the cables as OE were one piece, were the threaded adjusters part of the assembly? How would the cable end have fit through the threaded part of the brake arm?
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After a bit of online searching, save the OE calipers and switch to a very similar appearing, but more common cable connection.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/183649289369?ul_noapp=true
https://www.ebay.com/itm/183649289369?ul_noapp=true
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05-06-19, 10:07 PM
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I worked with Flanders many years ago to make a one-lever/two-brake setup for recumbent trikes I was building.
Krecik: if the Ebay units do not work for you, I bet Flanders can recreate the assemblies for you... for a price.
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It's been mentioned already, but it bears repeating. This is a brake cable, not a shifter cable (or throttle cable as the above videos refer to). I consider it a critical piece of safety equipment. It should not be tampered with by us well-meaning weekend-warrior engineers. If it's not a factory end, it does not belong in a braking system.
I've made and modified soldered ends of shifter cables (and throttle cables on small engines) and it's fun to tinker with, but I really wouldn't mess with a brake cable. If you mess up a control cable, you stop. If you mess up a brake cable, you don't stop.
I've made and modified soldered ends of shifter cables (and throttle cables on small engines) and it's fun to tinker with, but I really wouldn't mess with a brake cable. If you mess up a control cable, you stop. If you mess up a brake cable, you don't stop.
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05-08-19, 02:48 AM
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The general brand/name for these is Hercules or John Bull cables.
They came is 3 basic sizes as I recall, front, rear and rear for step thru/ladies bikes.
There are readily available in NOS, so all the trouble/expense and exposure to the
potential failure of "self welding" a cable end may be unneeded.
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They came is 3 basic sizes as I recall, front, rear and rear for step thru/ladies bikes.
There are readily available in NOS, so all the trouble/expense and exposure to the
potential failure of "self welding" a cable end may be unneeded.
rusty
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