Hi all,
I use Shoe Goo almost always. Open the cap, poke the cable end in, pull it out,
wipe excess if any and done. Too much makes difficult to reuse a cable. The
downside is it can attract dirt. I typically wait overnight before a ride and
have had good success.
Tom Palmer
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soldered brake cable and creme brûlée, anyone?
On Sunday, December 29, 2013 8:47:15 PM UTC-8, Eric Norris wrote:
I'm a firm believer in soldering electrical connections (like the spade
connectors that go with a dynamo hub), but I've never gone as far as
soldering cable ends.
If I did ...
I have been using heat shrink wiring insulators for a while now with nice
results. About an inch of it at each cable end. Extending over the end about an
eighth of an inch. Nice, clean and safe.
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Can't say that I have tried solder. However in a pinch, I once used nail
polish. It worked like a charm!
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I've heard of people using Krazy Glue, too. I decided to give soldering a
try recently. To handle stainless steel cables, I uses flux and silver
solder. It worked out fine:
http://tinyurl.com/moec7cp
http://tinyurl.com/k6md8ey
Happy new year, all!
Lee
On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 7:50 AM, Tony
I have used krazy glue in a pinch, breaks down over a month or so but if
you don't have crimps and want to go for a ride without worrying about it
fraying it will work ok.
On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Lee Chae leec...@stanford.edu wrote:
I've heard of people using Krazy Glue, too. I
So I don't like cable ends with ferrules that have nasty looking plier
pinch marks on them. In the old days, I would size the cable, cut it, dip
the end in a solder pot, wait until temperatures equalized, and the cable
ends picked up the solder by capillary action. And leave it at that. No
I'm a firm believer in soldering electrical connections (like the spade
connectors that go with a dynamo hub), but I've never gone as far as soldering
cable ends.
If I did ... I think I would haul out my culinary torch, heat the end of the
cable, and apply the solder. I don't keep a pot of the
