Ferules on Shimano calipers

Jon_1976
Jon_1976 Posts: 690
edited February 2014 in Workshop
Just fitting some Ultegra 6800 calipers and discovered the ferules on my (existing) outers don't fit inside the barrel adjuster. Looking at pics on the web, it looks like ferules aren't needed but I just wanted to make sure. I've only fitted Tiagra group sets before (where you use ferules on the callipers) before, so Ultegra is a bit new to me and the included instructions aren't much use.

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  • majormantra
    majormantra Posts: 2,094
    That's correct, no ferrule needed. Give the brakes a good hard pulls after hooking everything up to seat the outers, otherwise you'll have to adjust after your first ride.
  • Jon_1976
    Jon_1976 Posts: 690
    Thanks major, very helpful.
    After I made the post, I vaguely remember the 4600 Tiagra calliper on my Allez didn't have ferules fitted either, could be wrong though.
    Thanks again
  • patrickf
    patrickf Posts: 536
    Same here with some R650 calipers. Nearly 4,000 miles later they're fine with no ferrules on the outers entering the calipers.

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