cable ends

[ayceejay]

Where can I buy crimping cable ends? I have found several places that sell 500 in a jar but I don't suppose I will ever use that many in only one life time.

 

[Peteaud]

Where can I buy crimping cable ends? I have found several places that sell 500 in a jar but I don't suppose I will ever use that many in only one life time.

Ebay, and in different colours as well

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Halfords do them... a bag of 10 for 99p

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_233575_langId_-1_categoryId_273959

 

[Octet]

Where can I buy crimping cable ends? I have found several places that sell 500 in a jar but I don't suppose I will ever use that many in only one life time.

Go down to your LBS, they will probably have a jar similar and I'm sure they won't mind giving you a handful in exchange for a few pence and/or you buying something.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

I bought a huge bag off eBay for a couple of quid, I gave a few hundred to a friend and the rest should last me the rest of my life

 

[ianrauk]

Go down to your LBS, they will probably have a jar similar and I'm sure they won't mind giving you a handful in exchange for a few pence and/or you buying something.

This.. I usually ask for a few whenever I pop in to my LBS

 

[gwhite]

I know I keep saying this but why use cable crimps? They tend to cause the cable wires to splay and unravel and this gives problems when maintaining brakes and gears.
I've found that using heat shrink tubing does the job and is much kinder to the cables. A Heat gun or even a Hair dryer can be used to shrink this.

 

[ianrauk]

I know I keep saying this but why use cable crimps? They tend to cause the cable wires to splay and unravel and this gives problems when maintaining brakes and gears.
I've found that using heat shrink tubing does the job and is much kinder to the cables. A Heat gun or even a Hair dryer can be used to shrink this.

Or even easier, a dab of superglue.

 

[gwhite]

Or even easier, a dab of superglue.

Tried this but not ideal as it still tends to undo.

Suggestions of soldering are not helpful usually as stainless steel cables don't lend themselves to the usual soldering techniques.

 

[ianrauk]

Tried this but not ideal as it still tends to undo.

Suggestions of soldering are not helpful usually as stainless steel cables don't lend themselves to the usual soldering techniques.

Never had that problem myself.

 

[swansonj]

Tried this but not ideal as it still tends to undo.

Suggestions of soldering are not helpful usually as stainless steel cables don't lend themselves to the usual soldering techniques.

Agreed. Soldering worked very well for me when I had access to the resources of the workshop in my university physics department. Once I became dependent on domestic soldering irons and ordinary fluxes, I've never achieved satisfactory results.

 

[ayceejay]

I know I keep saying this but why use cable crimps? They tend to cause the cable wires to splay and unravel and this gives problems when maintaining brakes and gears.
I've found that using heat shrink tubing does the job and is much kinder to the cables. A Heat gun or even a Hair dryer can be used to shrink this.

I don't know what heat shrink tubing is but it sounds like a solution - what is it?

 

[Octet]

I don't know what heat shrink tubing is but it sounds like a solution - what is it?

It is essentially a piece of rubber tube, you place it over things such as cables and then you apply heat to it. When this is done it shrinks (hence heat shrink tubing) and contracts to form a rubber seal.

The results are similar to dipping it in a pot of molten rubber and letting it cool and harden, the only real difference is this is a lot less messy and dangerous.

 

[youngoldbloke]

It is essentially a piece of rubber tube, you place it over things such as cables and then you apply heat to it. When this is done it shrinks (hence heat shrink tubing) and contracts to form a rubber seal.

The results are similar to dipping it in a pot of molten rubber and letting it cool and harden, the only real difference is this is a lot less messy and dangerous.

What size/s do you use?

 

[Octet]

What size/s do you use?

I don't, I just know what they are.

The main thing is that they are bigger than your cables, if they are too big it isn't really a problem but if they are too small you'll never get them on.