Fitting new shimano gear cable
- Thread starter Jimmy Welch
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Threevok
Growing old disgracefully
- Location
- South Wales
Yes, they go on the outer-cable ends to help prevent water ingress
Jimmy Welch
Senior Member
So over the outer cable and the ferrul as well
iluvmybike
Über Member
For road bikes some have a little tab/lug on each side which will fit snugly where the cable comes out of the shifter towards the bars.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
You fit them before you insert inner wire
Ajax Bay
Guru
- Location
- East Devon
The position for that is facing 'forward' at the chainstay stop (dirtiest stop on the frame) to minimise dirt ingress into that short 150 degree bending outer heading for the RD.
Jimmy Welch
Senior Member
Ah right got you perfect thanks
Sea of vapours
Guru
- Location
- Clapham, Yorkshire Dales
If the cross section of the fat section of that one is circular with a 'square' lug sticking out which runs the length of the fat section, then that's one of the ones which fit into a slot on the inside of the shifter, so over the end of the outer cable at the shifter end (on 105 and above anyway). If it's just circular then it's either the chainstay one or one of the downtube ones. The chainstay ones have a longer 'tail' (maybe).
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