Missing Brake Piece
01-03-08, 12:28 PM
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Missing Brake Piece
I was putting a Schwinn World back together after experimenting with it a few months ago, and I discovered a problem. There must have been some kind of cable stop at the top of the brake levers, but I certainly don't have them anymore. Being my first bike tinkering project, I probably threw them away by accident. I really had no idea what I was doing at the time.
The picture below should make my problem a little more clear (it's huge, sorry). Does anybody know what piece I need, and where I could get a couple of them? Thanks!
https://myweb.students.wwu.edu/lingbl...s/missingpiece
The picture below should make my problem a little more clear (it's huge, sorry). Does anybody know what piece I need, and where I could get a couple of them? Thanks!
https://myweb.students.wwu.edu/lingbl...s/missingpiece
01-03-08, 12:31 PM
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I was putting a Schwinn World back together after experimenting with it a few months ago, and I discovered a problem. There must have been some kind of cable stop at the top of the brake levers, but I certainly don't have them anymore. Being my first bike tinkering project, I probably threw them away by accident. I really had no idea what I was doing at the time.
The picture below should make my problem a little more clear (it's huge, sorry). Does anybody know what piece I need, and where I could get a couple of them? Thanks!
https://myweb.students.wwu.edu/lingbl...s/missingpiece
The picture below should make my problem a little more clear (it's huge, sorry). Does anybody know what piece I need, and where I could get a couple of them? Thanks!
https://myweb.students.wwu.edu/lingbl...s/missingpiece
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01-03-08, 12:32 PM
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Yeah, there's a piece that fits in the top of the lever. Send me an email with your address, I have 2 I can send you, or should have at an older bike shop. Weinmann?
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you should be able to get some that would work with a cheap brake cable from just about any store such as your LBS meijer, walmart..etc... If not, you can pull one off of a junk bike. The LBS might be able to sell you just that piece, but it's nice to have a spare cable around just in case.
01-03-08, 12:38 PM
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I'm pretty sure the brakes are "chang star" or something like that.
01-03-08, 01:01 PM
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The cheap cables I buy at *Mart always have that piece (ferrule?)
It will be a mushroom shaped piece.
It will be a mushroom shaped piece.
01-03-08, 01:16 PM
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Here's what you need - Brake Casing Ferrule
$1.15 each, or free if you take dbkal up on his offer. As Little Darwin points out, most cheapo ~$4.00 Bell cable kits sold at Walmart come with them.
$1.15 each, or free if you take dbkal up on his offer. As Little Darwin points out, most cheapo ~$4.00 Bell cable kits sold at Walmart come with them.
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