Re: RE: Re: Shift cable end

On 6/10/2025 2:28 PM, cyclintom wrote:

On Tue Jun 10 11:31:03 2025 Ted  wrote:

On 6/9/25 9:46 PM, AMuzi wrote:

On 6/9/2025 8:19 PM, Ted wrote:

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Hi all,
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I've recently had the shift cable end pull out of the
splitter under my
tandem's bottom tube a couple of times.
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I've tried increasing the force I apply to the set screw,
and just seem to
get broken/breaking strands. Is there anything I can do to
improve this
(e.g., treating the cable end with something before
inserting it into the
splitter)?
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The head pulled off the wire?  Uncommon nowadays. Buy name
brand (Shimano, Campagnolo, SRAM, Yokozuna, Jaguar) wires.
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Or the other side?  The splitter should normally press the
wire between the grub screw(s) and the aluminum bore enough
to deform the wire and press into the aluminum.  Oil the
grub screw(s) so they press firmly with normal torque. If
the end is pointy, blunt it.
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Failing all that I suppose a new splitter; they are not
expensive.

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Yes, the cable end at the splitter.  Thanks for the suggestions!

    I assume that you're speaking of a brake cable splitter. The brake cables of the length necessary for a tandem are a problem. They are normally too long for the distance from the front brake lever to the middle where the splitter is. This means that you have to cut the cable to fit thereby losing the soldered and secure end. Spliters also usually have too much room in them and hence tightening the cable end allows the end to flatten out and slip through the rounded off end of the screw tightening the front cable into the splitter. I seem to remember that the way that I solved the problem was with an S & S clitter/coupler which was designed better for the problem.
 But my problem wasn't brakes - it was my wife spinning 85 rpm when I am a lugger and tried to spin at 58 rpm. And she didn't like going downhill on a tandem. This finally ended with going back to singles.

Tandems and travel bikes use splitters for gear wires only, not brake wires.
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