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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: r1 on 04 November 2013, 20:33:04
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now I have your attention
hows the best way to remove a nipple from a brake cable for a push bike?,as my son new brake cable has a nipple on each end and I have to remove one without destroying the cable so I can thread it.
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A blow lamp, should be soldered........ :y or cut it off but be careful with all the end bits of wire..... ::)
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Ask Jimbob! ::)
Alternatively use good quality sharp side cutters.
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A blow lamp, should be soldered........ :y or cut it off but be careful with all the end bits of wire..... ::)
yeah its the ends of the wire fraying that iam bothered about
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Cut it as close to the unrequired nipple as you can, there should be enough solder left in that part of the cable
to stop it fraying :y
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Ps you can also get crimp on ferrules to put on the cut end of the cable from your local cycle store
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Ps you can also get crimp on ferrules to put on the cut end of the cable from your local cycle store
What he said :y
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I use a pair of end nip cutters which are double hinged, like a bolt cropper.
These cut the ends so perfectly that the remain twisted together.
You *can* weld the ends of the cable back together (well, I can :y ), but easier just to solder - even then, they sometimes untwist with the heat :(
*Sharp* cold chisel, and a good hard smack to cut through all the wires together is another, workable, way
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Ps you can also get crimp on ferrules to put on the cut end of the cable from your local cycle store
What he said :y
but they won't fit through the cable outer :(
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Ps you can also get crimp on ferrules to put on the cut end of the cable from your local cycle store
What he said :y
but they won't fit through the cable outer :(
Ah, sorry - missed the bit about wanting to thread it after cutting. :-[ in that case, as you say :y
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Best not to fit the ferrule on until you have got everything else sorted. :y