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philward:
I've got to shorten the clutch cable on the CR project - have had custom made rear brake cable made by Venhill (as brake obviously a bit important!) but they have a minimum charge and I just need the cable shortening a few inches. My research points to a special solder - anybody got any experience in soldering cable nipples and any recommendations?
Cheers
Phil

hairygit:
If you have an old type cycle shop nearby (don't bother with places like Halfords) they may be able to point you in the right direction, or even do it for you. Another possibility could be to use a solderless nipple (one with a built in clamping screw) as fitted to the bottom of the cable it would be hidden from view. I've used them a few times over the years for mates that put stupidly high bars on bikes.

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Tomb:
My experiences with Venhill on anything "special" is poor, they are only interested in £££ for standard stuff whilst pretending to cater for Specials.

If you need to do your own its more to do with the spread of the cable in the nipple countersink/counterbore than which kind of solder you use. Get that right and all works Ok.

AshimotoK0:

--- Quote from: Tomb on December 02, 2017, 11:48:27 PM ---My experiences with Venhill on anything "special" is poor, they are only interested in £££ for standard stuff whilst pretending to cater for Specials.

If you need to do your own its more to do with the spread of the cable in the nipple countersink/counterbore than which kind of solder you use. Get that right and all works Ok.

--- End quote ---

+1 .... that's what I do. I met a bloke at an autojumble last year selling really long silver grey cables from Lambrettas and ferrules, nipples etc to make up 60's style honda cables yourself but never got  his details  :(

Moorey:
I've never had a problem with ordinary solder, make sure your cable is free of grease and clean before attempting to solder. You will need either a blow torch or a very big iron. to make sure the solder runs properly into the cable and nipple.

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