!Jones said:Mafac straddle cables:
In the days of old (like about 1980 or so), were the barrel ends of
brake cables a different size than they are today?The reason I ask is because I'm setting up some Mafac cantilever
brakes from that era and the barrel ends are not seating. The notch
in the cantilever arm that receives the cable end is significantly
smaller than my modern QBP cable end.It does not look like a viable option to leave the cable end anything
less than firmly seated in it's notch. Is there an elegant solution?Jones
'Racer' model transverse wires used a gear wire of the
period which was indeed smaller diameter head than we use
now. You can make one from a modern gear wire with a little
hand work. The other end adjusts in an anchor bolt.
'Competition' models had a double ended transverse wire with
a cute lead 'handle' on the offside that's a bear to find
NOS. In 1978 Mafac changed the 'Racer' transverse to a
double ended cable with spherical ends (Never found those
available anywhere) and they closed a few years after that.
So if you have the single-ended type Mafac Racer (or a Mafac
cantilever- all models), file/sand a gear wire to a smaller
head and consider yourself lucky!
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