Remember that Stainless Steel cables require a different flux and solder than the older galvanized cables. The solder and flux for SS works on galvanized but not vice-versa.
Laing On Thursday, September 1, 2022 at 1:43:58 PM UTC-4 Tim Tetrault wrote: > Thanks for the soldering idea- that’s great. On my particular 559s there’s > not one grove but three that seems to act as friction bites on the cable. > > On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 10:39 lconley <lco...@brph.com> wrote: > >> You can solder the cable that goes in the anchor. You can still crush the >> soldered cable, but the soldered cable will take more clamping force before >> it crushes. >> I also align the square washer so it contacts the cable along the full >> length and keep the cable as close as possible to the bolt. There is a >> semi-concave groove somewhere in there as I recall. >> >> Laing >> >> On Thursday, September 1, 2022 at 1:01:25 PM UTC-4 Tim Tetrault wrote: >> >>> Hi Folks, >>> >>> I have a 2012 Sam that uses Tektro R559 side pull canti's with a square >>> "smush" style anchor bolt for the brake cable. (See picture) >>> >>> Trouble is I generally fray or smush the brake cable more than I'd like. >>> Can one replace these with something that has a little bit more of a >>> "pocket" for the cable, so I can adjust as the pads wear with less >>> smushing/fraying? >>> >>> Something like this- >>> https://www.amazon.com/Brake-Part-Anchor-Bolt-Tektro/dp/B0047MCLUE >>> >>> Maybe the answer is I get one of those 'third hand' brake tools to >>> really seat it in there better when installing... >>> >>> Thanks for any help, >>> >>> Tim >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/DdBwrkTxPuI/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/fb3cc24e-4612-4ce3-bd10-4770be96e5acn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/fb3cc24e-4612-4ce3-bd10-4770be96e5acn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/cf57ca89-c52a-4715-bb87-586facc04f13n%40googlegroups.com.
