Hand Brake Cable Mod

[Greenie]

Before I go to the extemes of cutting and rewelding the nipple to my hand brake cable, I just wondered if there was any other options out there?

 

Greenie

[mark kingston]

thats what most people did. i shortened mine and re silver soldered the nipple on,

some people did use "U" clamps and pinched up a loop in the cable to shorten it that way with out actually cutting it.

[Mitch]

Hi Greenie

 

As above, but as you are fitting disc brakes,hook end?, the AA (and others) use a replacement clamp on end, just add a bit of solder to make double sure.

think theres a pic on Jims site from when he did it

 

HTH

Mitch

[Graham B]

I drilled a hole through the hook on bit and brazed the end back on.

 

2B - discs all round.

 

Graham

[allenr03]

Hi Greenie

 

As above, but as you are fitting disc brakes,hook end?, the AA (and others) use a replacement clamp on end, just add a bit of solder to make double sure.

think theres a pic on Jims site from when he did it

 

HTH

Mitch

 

Where is Jims site? I have to shorten my cable too very soon and was wondering the best way of doing it.

[DAVE CASTLE]

Click on links at the top

then other sites

then NW Site

Dave

[Greenie]

Click on links at the top

then other sites

then NW Site

Dave

Thanks to you all for your advise, I have now got the new end on the cable and it looks like it has never been altered.

 

 

Thanks again

 

Greenie

[peter2b2002]

i cut the cable in the middle over laped it on the d shaped bit by the handbrake lever and clamped the over laped bits with u shaped clamps-2 on each side. very handy as you can adjusted the hand brake easly.

pete2b

[robert cockling]

i cut the cable in the middle over laped it on the d shaped bit by the handbrake lever and clamped the over laped bits with u shaped clamps-2 on each side. very handy as you can adjusted the hand brake easly.

pete2b

 

 

 

When I renewed mine (drum brakes on rear) I measured the new cable off the one off the old one, cut the cable and and used large industrial crimpers (owned by a friend ) and suitable sized collet.

 

If you don't have a friend with this equipment , but your are within easy reach of a Marina or ships chandlers then they are likely to have them (I believe they use them for making up cables / guy ropes ("sheets" in Matelot terminology I believe) for mast supports.

 

Took me less than 5 minutes , without need for soldering etc, passed MOT and still OK after a year.

 

See _U_Jimmy ]