Ferrule Compitibality Question
08-14-07 | 06:54 PM
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Ferrule Compitibality Question
I was shopping around for a cheap bag of ferrules on eBay, and I found these:
https://cgi.ebay.com/Shimano-6mm-SIS-...QQcmdZViewItem
Simple question, are there basically standard ferrules? I ask because I'm not familiar with the "Shimano O-Ring Seal," and although these are actually FOR an SIS system, I would like to use them elsewhere as well.
As a follow-up question, should an SIS system only use these specific ferrules, or will the standard Park type I get at my LBS suffice?
https://cgi.ebay.com/Shimano-6mm-SIS-...QQcmdZViewItem
Simple question, are there basically standard ferrules? I ask because I'm not familiar with the "Shimano O-Ring Seal," and although these are actually FOR an SIS system, I would like to use them elsewhere as well.
As a follow-up question, should an SIS system only use these specific ferrules, or will the standard Park type I get at my LBS suffice?
08-14-07 | 07:38 PM
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Most housing is either 4mm or 5 mm. I know some older Shimano brake housing was 6mm if I remember correctly. THis stuff may be too big for your housing. Plus it appears to be plastic and I've never been a big fan of plastic housing ferrules. And those o-rings always seem to create more cable drag and keep gunk in instead of out. I'd get the standard metal ferrules in 5mm w/ the "reinforced" for shifting. Just my 2 cents. Like these... https://www.bikemannetwork.com/biking...HOUSEND/BR4087
08-14-07 | 08:18 PM
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Most housing is either 4mm or 5 mm. I know some older Shimano brake housing was 6mm if I remember correctly. THis stuff may be too big for your housing. Plus it appears to be plastic and I've never been a big fan of plastic housing ferrules. And those o-rings always seem to create more cable drag and keep gunk in instead of out. I'd get the standard metal ferrules in 5mm w/ the "reinforced" for shifting. Just my 2 cents. Like these... https://www.bikemannetwork.com/biking...HOUSEND/BR4087
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Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
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08-14-07 | 08:20 PM
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Most housing is either 4mm or 5 mm. I know some older Shimano brake housing was 6mm if I remember correctly. THis stuff may be too big for your housing. Plus it appears to be plastic and I've never been a big fan of plastic housing ferrules. And those o-rings always seem to create more cable drag and keep gunk in instead of out. I'd get the standard metal ferrules in 5mm w/ the "reinforced" for shifting. Just my 2 cents. Like these... https://www.bikemannetwork.com/biking...HOUSEND/BR4087
08-15-07 | 05:05 AM
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Or you can buy these (they have the 5mm version too). 10 is enough for 2 bikes and you can keep reusing them. They'll last forever. A box of 100 will last 10 times that
