So I finally got my cable, basically I went to Treats and looked for a Puch one, since thats what people on MA told me will work. After getting it out of the package I took off the side panels and went at it, took me longer because snaking it thru correctly was important to me. After that I started to adjust it, everything was going really smooth then I hit the big snag, the cable was a little on the long side. I'd adjusted it all the way as tight as it would go and still couldn't engage the brakes.
Now at this point I'm like Luke Skywalker learning who his dad is in my head. So I ask for a second opinion, I'm thinking knarps, everyone on MA is thinking knarps, my dad isn't thinking knarps. So he says why not make a spacer? I'm like ok, since it'll take 3-9 business days(most likely 3) but the weekend is coming so with 3 business days it would've most likely been here Tuesday. He says he can have it done at the latest by Friday night. So we went out measured it, came up with a design, I had to work and so did he but he had a lathe at work and was able to fashion a spacer out of brass.
Heres a basic blueprint:
Heres some pictures of it finished:
So everything went really well with its installation, the spacer works better then a knarp in my opinion because you don't have to cut anything off or worry about slippage. With this spacer it lets you have a better adjustable range on the threaded part by the brake. If your able to get your mitts on a lathe and have the machine tool know how, I strongly suggest making this spacer. I bet you could make one out of wood to but brass or aluminum would probably better since it doesn't corrode like mild steel.
There are some thanks involved, thank you MA for your wise advise, Treats for your awesome service, and to my dad for your awesome lathe skills, seriously who else can mill a slot with nothing but a drill shank?
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