- drilled out the original rivets holding the 2 plates together
- shortened the cable by approx 20mm
- removed the same amount of plastic coating (the plastic coating meant the new cable end was nice and clean - important for fixing later)
- cut off the shank from a bolt and drilled a hole for the cable
- drilled a wider hole in the rear
- fitted the cable through the hole and splayed out the strands of wire
- filled the wider hole with brazing
- fixed the 2 plates back together with a couple of new bolts and nyloc nuts
It was perfect when fitted. Correctly adjusted the thread is about half way up the adjustment nut at the handbrake end.
Thanks Pete!
here's the modified cable in place. You can see one of the new nyloc nuts. The new central bar with the cable running through it looks like the original but it's also new:
and here it is at the handbrake end:
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Normally, you don't have to modify anything. First, you adjust the brakes with an exagonal allen key by turning the adjuster hidden behind a bolt that you have to remove on the side of the caliper. Then, when brakes are adjusted, normally, you handbrake lever movement is "normal", or you can eventually ajusted with the screw on the side of the handbrake lever
I adjusted the brakes with the hidden bolt but there wasn't enough adjustment with the screw on the side of the handbrake lever. I noticed on one of the other build sites they had shortened this cable as well.
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