As others have said, dressing up the end of the housing with a file or grinder and making sure the opening is clear with an ice pick or similar are all important things. But there is a bit of a trick that can be used to ensure that the initial cut with the Park tool is as clean as possible: Insert a short piece of copper electrical wire, usually 14-gauge, about ½ inch or so into the open end; then make the cut. The tool will cut through the wire, too, but its presence will keep the housing from being flattened quite as much. Then, poke out the remaining piece of wire using the brake/shifter cable.
On Nov 16, 6:12 am, JoelMatthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My almost new Park Cable Cutters crushed the cut end of what is sold > as higher quality brake cable housing when I cut it down to size. > > I can get the cable through with a lot of difficulty but it sort of > defeats the purpose of having low friction lining when the end is > snagging the cable. > > Perhaps there is a small reamer I could try? Or maybe this is a > reason to finally get a basic Dremel set? > > Anyone else have this problem? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bicycle Lifestyle" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bicyclelifestyle?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
