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[Vince2]

Hi, are you just using inner cable? Vince

[stinkwheel]

No, there will be an outer between the two cable stops so it can all move without altering the cable tension. Cable arrived today so I can have a fiddle with it at the weekend.

[stinkwheel]

This looks like it should do the job. The cable is super heavy duty, 3mm diameter. I couldn't find an appropriate nipple to use so I drilled down the centre of a short M6 allen head and soldered that on as a nipple to go in the clevis.



I wasn't appy with the top cable stop, then I looked at the thing they use on the front brake. I just drilled two holes in a bit of EN1 hex bar, one was tapped for a stud to hold it to the frame, the other tapped for a cable adjuster to allow a little more adjustment before bottoming out the threaded section.




I'll need to grind a bit more off the corner of this cable stop so it doesn't foul the snail cam.



I still need to get a new brake cam fitted (threads are stripped on this one), bed the shoes and give it a road test.
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[Nitrowing]

Nice job

[Wheaters]

Sorry to say that I think that nylon cable end ferrule at the hub end won't last long

[stinkwheel]

Sorry to say that I think that nylon cable end ferrule at the hub end won't last long

Dunno, it's pretty chunky. It's moulded onto the end and is 13mm in diameter. I had to drill a 9mm hole in the cable stop to fit it. It's designed for a car handbrake.

If it does let go, I can always cut it off and slot another one of those cable adjuster screws over the cable.

I want to bed the shoes tomorrow because they are a terrible fit in the drum. Can't find sticks of chalk for sale anywhere locally. The Mrs is away for the weekend and I know for a fact she has a block of tailors chalk in her sewing basket... But down that path lies danger!

[Boxerman]

Dust the shoes with talcum powder.

Frank

[Adrian]

Tra-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la...

A.

[Rasp]

Great, still laughing.