How to shorten or join handbrake cable ??

[samba-lee]

I'm currently building a custom job and need to shorten my handbrake
cable by about 10 inches - any ideas appretiated ??

thanks

Lee
***@salford.ac.uk

[Adrian]

Post by samba-lee
I'm currently building a custom job and need to shorten my handbrake
cable by about 10 inches - any ideas appretiated ??

Take it down to a decent motor factor, and get them to "walk it around" a
bit.

[PJML]

Post by samba-lee
I'm currently building a custom job and need to shorten my handbrake
cable by about 10 inches - any ideas appretiated ??

Visit a yachting place: they do all sorts of things for
rigging, rudder-actuating cables etc. which are *very*
similar to handbrake cable assemblies! They generally
come in stainless-steel too.

Alternatively try "Speedy Cables" - > http://www.speedycables.com/

[Willy Eckerslyke]

Post by PJML
Visit a yachting place: they do all sorts of things for
rigging, rudder-actuating cables etc. which are *very*
similar to handbrake cable assemblies!

But ten times the price.

[PJML]

Post by Willy Eckerslyke

Post by PJML
Visit a yachting place: they do all sorts of things for
rigging, rudder-actuating cables etc. which are *very*
similar to handbrake cable assemblies!

But ten times the price.

Not the time I needed a new inner on a handbrake
cable; the local yacht-place fitted a PTFE-sheathed
stainless-steel cable down the centre of my existing
outer, for 2/3 the price of a new cable. They also
did it on the spot rather than having me wait
some days for the main-dealer to be able to get
me one.

[Neil]

When I needed a shorter clutch cable for my trike, I used 2 of those
little clamp things, bit like exhaust clamps, but much smaller. Only cost
about a pound each.. Just cut cable bit longer, and overlap the ends by
about 3 inches.

Neil

[Willy Eckerslyke]

Post by PJML

Post by Willy Eckerslyke
But ten times the price.

Not the time I needed a new inner on a handbrake
cable; the local yacht-place fitted a PTFE-sheathed
stainless-steel cable down the centre of my existing
outer, for 2/3 the price of a new cable. They also
did it on the spot rather than having me wait
some days for the main-dealer to be able to get
me one.

Perhaps you have a different class of yotty in your area then.
Prices in the chandlers around here are clearly into piss-take
territory.

[dilbert]

Post by samba-lee
I'm currently building a custom job and need to shorten my handbrake
cable by about 10 inches - any ideas appretiated ??
thanks
Lee

Depends on the type of ends -- fork ends are easy just make you own steel
nipple up for the cable -- must be a close fit, just clamp it tight in a
vise to crimp it the move the cable in the vise so the jaws grip the cable
just below the nipple (to prevent heat traveling up the cable) and silver
solder or braze or weld the new nipple on (even MIG or Arc welding
orks) -- of course if you have a plastic covered cable you have scrape the
plastic off. One tip when repairing a cable by putting a new inner it it
helps to braze the cable where you are going to cut it to stop the wire
fraying.
For repairing cables using an existing outer cable MK1/Mk2 Mini
traveler/van or Hillman Imp cables are good sources of long inner cables
with a scewed adjuster on one end.

[HAL 9000]

10 inches only?

Do you need to shorten the cable or to extend the outing?

If it can be adjusted (tightened) for proper functioning in its current
length than it would be better not to touch it.

Can't you just fit those 2 X 5 inches on each wheel by bending this cable a
little bit?

[me]

Post by samba-lee
I'm currently building a custom job and need to shorten my handbrake
cable by about 10 inches - any ideas appretiated ??
thanks
Lee

Relocate the anchor point on the outer cable - if you have enough room
for the outer cable to sit nice.


or using a floating yoke like Mini or MG rear brakes - cut and swage the
cable back through the yoke.

[samba-lee]

Post by samba-lee
I'm currently building a custom job and need to shorten my handbrake
cable by about 10 inches - any ideas appretiated ??
thanks
Lee

Thanks for the ideas

Lee