How to shorten and solder motorcycle control cables
Here’s my method for shortening and re-soldering control (bowden) cables for motorcycles.
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YOU ARE TALENTED AND HANDSOME…. GOOD JOB
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Thanks! saved me like $80, you the man!
Are you saying no to solder with flux in the core so you can apply flux directly to the part? IMO, even with flux core, flux can be applied. Thoughts?
Dan
good tips
I lowered my front forks and then replaced my stock bars and mounting with clip-on bars, need to go back and shorten and relocate my choke, and shorten both the push/pull throttle cables. This was a huge help, however I am going to save myself some grief and order the replacement ends from Dime City Cycles, they are very inexpensive. Thank you for the vid, it was exactly what I was looking for – what solder to use or not use, etc. Awesome!
Very good job done m8. Cheers .
thank you very much, It's worked for me. Very very thx 🙂 I thought i can't solder bowdens, but i tried it, and worked. Now i don't have to buy new bowdens every time.
Excellent and informative. Thanks for taking the time to make this!
ME GUSTO ,QUIERO SABER QUE UTILIZA PARA EL CABLE DE ACELERADOR APARTE DE SOLDADURA ?
great video.i've recently done this myself.i used silver solder(only 2% silver i think),got it at napa auto parts.i also used a small pencil torch,very carefully.your right about cable getting too hot and brittle.thanks for putting that in.i agree with the guy above about young guys getting into doing it thereselves.keep it up …
Really appreciate your time to make these vids. – Sunnbobb Bradshaw Bikes
Good Job!! Is it possible to make a cable longer? (By soldering an extension?) I wanna add APE hanger Bars to my virago, but I wanna save money by not having to purchase LONGER cables. I am looking to make them like 10 inches longer, and how about the rubber coating can I extend that?
Try making a solder pot with a copper pipe cap – works pretty well
nicely done….
Nice to see a youngster "make do and mending" but I think if you had put some solder on your hot plate you would have had better heat transference and a quicker job.Â
Why wouldn't flux core stuff work? Is the lead/tin ratio different/not as strong?
So will the silver acid core solder work????
and if not why?! Any idea?
Awesome vid man thank you. Going to try this on my TC for my datsun
Very good instruction. Thanks for putting this together.
Great info here. Thanks.
This is another interesting way to rebuild the ferrell.
I will use your methods thanks for sharing
Used your method today worked awsome
That was really informitive on how to shorten bowdens and make the extends also be to your needs. Thank you so much!
Why don't you use an electric soldering iron? I have seen a couple people shy away / warn against these. Are the cheap ones just not hot enough?
I was taught to do this with acid core lead solder and to put the cable end in a vice VERTICALLY, you can hold up the loose cable end with the tip of your soldering gun,, and heat the cable from below the cable end and to let the solder make it's way down through the cable end a little so that you know it definitely adhered to all pieces of wire in the cable, you can use a torch style solder gun with a metal tip to speed up the process or you can literally use a cheap soldering iron below the cable end against the cable too (just takes quite a bit longer to heat up the cable enough to melt the solder when you touch the solder to the frayed ends of the cable above the cable end.) Besides all that you are doing it the same way pretty much as I was once taught. Just thought I'd share that and also that none of my cables have ever had the ends come off too. 🙂
makes it clear,no messing about,and easily understood. tried this way,worked a treat . thanks mate. !
makes it clear,no messing about,and easily understood. tried this way,worked a treat . thanks mate. !
Nice one , thanks !
The brass end piece is a nipple, the piece of metal covering end of cable is the ferrule, it's soldering, not soddering. Just a few tips.
Thanks! You've saved me from a long down time with my bike.
thanks, informative-
what is "the right temperature" for the copper plate?
You are Brilliant!!!! Those Ariens pirates want nearly $50 for a stupid auger cable they made dang sure it was one of those ones that you couldn't rig your own. The steel quality was so poor that it had stretched out of limits in around 10 years for little use, imagine that. You saved the day brother, thanks a million.
Thank you for the video! Heating up the metal bit on the end of the jacket was just what I needed to see!