Solder Brake Cable Ends

A better way to terminate your bike s shifter and brake cables.

Solder brake cable ends.

Take your soldering iron and place it on the cable end to heat it up and melt the flux. I just dip the cable in the flux then press the solder against the hot soldering gun until a little drop melts on there then press the melted solder against the fluxed cable end and it sucks the solder right up with a delightful sizzle. It s hard to have too many motorcycles but easy to have too many batteries and tires. Once your soldering iron is heated up it is now time to solder your cable end together.

A dremel tool with a good cutoff wheel can also be used. If you decide to build your own control cables visit our workshop catergory for the solder and flux you require to solder the nipples onto the inner cable. Having established the outer cable length the mechanic should attach solder the inner cable s end nipple at the carb end. Pit posse pp3280 universal cable emergency repair kit for motorcycle atv throttle clutch brake cables included compact 9 cable ends 4 5 out of 5 stars 69 9 95 9.

It is much easier than trying to sweat the fittings onto the cable just using a torch and silver solder. Preassemble your cable parts and check for size before you solder. The cable should now be dipped in soldering flux d before soldering e. This is accomplished by first threading the inner cable through the nipple photo b before splaying the cable s wires c.

Be careful not to fray the cut end of the cable. Use good quality sharp wire cutters dykes for cutting the cable. Now add the solder to the tip of the cable end.