Joe Szwed wrote:
>
> Crimp it as good as you could first, then if you cut
> the cable flush with or leave it a little past the
> end of the ferrule then zap it with the welder, cable
> end to ferrule end. I don't think you would weaken
> anything that way, just backing up your crimp?
I would suspect that it could cause problems. Just like with electrical
connectors, crimping is strongest. Soldering a connector on a wire tends to
"stiffen" the wire, and the dynamic movement of the rest of the wire/cable
tends to work the boundary of the flexible to "stiff" part and cause it to
crack/fail.
For the brake cable, I would simply crimp on a new fitting - that's what the
"pros" will do.
By the way, I used to have a hand tool crimper - I'd clamp it in a vise, put
the ferrule on the cable, into (through) the tool, and hit the crimper
mechanism with a hammer. I've got a couple of cables that are still going
strong 30 years later.
Tim Mullen
Chantilly, VA
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