[CR] Speaking of ferrules

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Campagnolo)

Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 12:32:09 -0700
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, John Betmanis <johnb@oxford.net>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20090511150824.016b9718@mailhost.oxford.net>
Subject: [CR] Speaking of ferrules


Speaking of ferrules, anyone know the nominal size of the step-down ferrules used at the RD cable housing stops brazed on chainstays on late 70's/ early 80's frames? The brazeon stops were typically spherical. The hole in the rearward side of the stop was only just a bit larger than the bare cable, so the small end of the ferrule had to be quite small, while the large end of course had a ID roughly equal to the OD of the housing. I can't seem to find these ferrules from the normal sources anymore. The ones sold now only seem to step down to 4mm, which isn't small enough. Anyone know a source for the ones I am describing? I've been reusing old ones, but I will soon run out.

Regards,

Jerry Moos
Big Spring, Texas, USA


--- On Mon, 5/11/09, John Betmanis wrote:


> From: John Betmanis <johnb@oxford.net>

\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] "Thingy"

\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

\r?\n> Date: Monday, May 11, 2009, 2:08 PM

\r?\n> At 03:22 PM 10/05/2009 -0400, Todd Grantham wrote:

\r?\n> >Dumb question maybe, What do you call the small

\r?\n> aluminum ferrule "thingy"

\r?\n> that the brake cable threads through, to go into the rubber

\r?\n> brake hood.

\r?\n> Basically a brake hood cable stop? Where would I find some?

\r?\n> >

\r?\n>

\r?\n> I bet this is what you're looking for:

\r?\n> http://tinyurl.com/qf63zs

\r?\n>

\r?\n> While they call it a "ferrule", strictly speaking

\r?\n> a ferrule is merely a

\r?\n> protective sleeve for the end of the cable casing. This is

\r?\n> actually a

\r?\n> stepped bushing that stops the ferrule from being pulled

\r?\n> inside the lever.

\r?\n> Sometimes they are slotted. I would actually call it a

\r?\n> bushing.

\r?\n>

\r?\n> John Betmanis

\r?\n> Woodstock, Ontario

\r?\n> Canada