Al,
I think we were talking about the same thing. I know about taking cables loose from the stays
without disconnecting them. This does allow lubing a section of the cable but it does nothing to
remove the dirt and crud that has accumulated inside the casing. I guess what I was really asking
was mostly how to flush the casing without taking the cable out.
Steve
On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 00:56:57 -0600, A Muzi <
[email protected]> wrote:
>Steve Sr. wrote:
>>>>Does anyone know if there is a tool or adapter to allow lubing or flushing brake and shifter
>>>>cables without taking the cable out of the housing?
>-snip-
>
>> On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 17:43:44 -0600, A Muzi <
[email protected]> wrote:-snip-
>>>On most modern bikes it's easy to slip a casing out of a stop, or unscrew the stop that's on your
>>>downtube. That lets you slide the wire and casing apart to oil them painlessly.
>
>(ss)> This sounds good in theory. In practice both brake cables go through a
>> 2:1 "Travel-Agent" and unwinding them is a pain as you have to kink the cable to make it fit in
>> the travel agent. Also the travel agent pulley hole is small and looks very fragile. I would
>> rather not risk damaging them by pulling cables in and out.
>>
>> The deraileur cables might be a good candidate but they normally get kinked and crushed at the
>> deraileur clamp. I have yet to find a way to keep the stainless steel strands from unraveling on
>> a used cable long enough to put the cable back in.
>
>Maybe we are talking about two different things. I'll try again.
>
>I assumed the point was to _not_ undo an anchor and certainly not a compound cam! You're exactly
>correct that removing a cable from them is destructive.
>
>What I meant was that by pulling the casing stop out of your linear brake (as one would to change
>wheels) the wire is detensioned. From there it's simple to slip it out of a slotted stop on the
>frame. That usually gives plenty of room to slide the casing back for oiling the wire. (Pull the
>casing away from each end a few inches at a time). The majority of bikes built in the last, oh,
>eight or ten years have slotted stops suitable to this.
>
>What I meant for road bikes with integrated levers is that there is often a casing stop bolted to a
>downtube lever boss. Undoing that screw will allow the wire to be pulled through the lever by its
>head a few inches. If the chainstay stop is slotted a casing may be easily slid back from there as
>well.(Obviously, frames with adjusters on the head tube cannot do that)
>
>I certainly agree that undoing an anchor (which changes the gear or brake adjustment) is
>undesirable here. But bike designers spend a lot of time building in quick-detach features like
>slotted stops and bolt-on downtube stops just to make this ( and crating bikes) easier for you,
>the rider.
>
>To that last point, we nearly always crate bicycles with the anchors locked and everything
>adjusted. The rider need only pop the casings back into their stops and ride. That is a very
>positive feature of newish bikes.
