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REPLACING A CABLE
Examine the brake cables for
fraying. Look carefully at the
part of the inner wires connected
into the hand levers. A cable with
even one broken strand is not
reliable.
Replacing a cable is easy. At
the bike shop you can buy a
universal cable. It will be long
enough for any bike, and may have
two ends on it, one of which will
fit any bike.
Using sharp diagonal or wire
cutters, cut off the end that does
not fit your bike. Pull the inner
wire entirely out of the housing
(sometimes called "casing"). Lay
the housing against your bike and
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cut it to the proper length. Make
sure to allow enough length that
the handlebars can be turned fully
to either side.
Cover the inner wire with
grease, then slide it into the
housing. Hook the inner wire into
the hand lever, then have an
assistant or a clamp squeeze the
brake caliper while you pull the
slack out of the cable wire and
tighten the anchor bolt.
Squeeze the hand lever hard,
then loosen the binding bolt, pull
more slack out of the inner wire
and retighten. Fine adjustment is
made by turning the adjusting
barrel. Test your work by
squeezing the hand lever hard. The
cable should not slip.
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