Another boring question about ferrules

antfly
antfly Posts: 3,276
edited April 2010 in Workshop
Hi, should brake ferrules have a plastic inner cos I have just got some Fibrax ones from CRC and they have plastic inners but they won`t fit over my Fibrax outer brake cable so I suspect they have sent me the wrong thing ? Am I right?
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  • Smokin Joe
    Smokin Joe Posts: 2,706
    There is no need to use ferrules on brake cable outers, only on gear cables. In fact the cable won't generally fit into the caliper or the shifter with a ferrule on.
  • antfly
    antfly Posts: 3,276
    The ferrule is for where the cable outer is attached to the frame, these are what I ordered. http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=11235
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  • R.lepecha
    R.lepecha Posts: 67
    its a sealing bit of rubber i think, its meant to go inside the outer cable.
  • antfly
    antfly Posts: 3,276
    The thing is what they sent looks more like this,
    http://www.fibrax.com/Cables-&-Spares-G ... _info.html
    I think CRC don`t know the difference between gear ferrules and brake ferrules.
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  • R.lepecha
    R.lepecha Posts: 67
    nope, there sealed ferrules. they have abit of rubber that sits inside the cable
  • antfly
    antfly Posts: 3,276
    So you are saying the rubber bit goes inside the outer cable, i`ve never heard of that and it doesn`t look like it would fit?
    I`m pretty sure they sent me gear ferrules, they look just like the ones in the picture..
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  • R.lepecha
    R.lepecha Posts: 67
    there still sealed. either way there going to have a rubber bit inside to seal the cable from crap and water. does the ferrule fit over the outer cable at all? because if the rubber bit doesnt fit in a brake cable theres no chance of it going in a gear cable because there smaller
  • antfly
    antfly Posts: 3,276
    The ferrule fits loosely over the outer cable if I take the rubber inner out.
    It fits nicely over a gear outer if I leave the rubber bit in.
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  • R.lepecha
    R.lepecha Posts: 67
    well thats wierd, because gear cables are 4mm and brake cables are 5mm, so i cant see how it fits loosly over a brake cable and about right on a gear cable
  • antfly
    antfly Posts: 3,276
    Loosely on the brake outer if I remove the rubber, otherwise it won`t go on.
    Snugly on the gear outer with the rubber in the ferrule..
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  • R.lepecha
    R.lepecha Posts: 67
    okay now i dont understand, the bit of rubber sits on the outer edge of the ferrule? then i dont know because looking at the pics of the gear ferrules they sit in the hole at the end.
  • antfly
    antfly Posts: 3,276
    The rubber is inside the ferrule but it comes out. It doesn`t fit anyway I just tried it again, they`ve sent me the wrong ones.
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