[CR]Help! Stuck cable housing ferrules

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing)

Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:33:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Greg Jung" <gregkjung@yahoo.com>
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Help! Stuck cable housing ferrules

Seeking help from the collective wisdom and experience.

What is the best way to remove cable housing caps that have rusted/fused/seized in the cable stops?

This is a possibly on-topic early fillet-brazed mountainbike, with steel cable stops (of course). It has been neglected and left outside. I can't tell whether the housing caps are steel or aluminum or what.

I have tried WD-40, ammonia, prying it out with pliers/awl, trying to push/nail it out from the other side, but to no avail. I am thinking that I will try to drill out the housing caps without destroying the cable stop.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Greg

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