jackstringer wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 6:38 pm
I made my own buying the parts from venhill.
I've never trusted myself sufficiently to make my own, although looking at some of the cheapy ones at autojumbles maybe I should.
My MOT tester got a load of flack from a guy with a newly restored bike when pulling hard testing the front brake the nipple came adrift.
'There is a tide in the affairs of men
Which taken at the flood............'
The throttle cable and other parts arrived safely but I only recently got around to looking closely at the cable. The twist grip end nipple looked to be a larger diameter than the existing one from memory and sure enough a trial fit confirmed that it was. Returning it to AMC from here hardly seems worthwhile so decided to try carefully filing it down to something like the size that would fit. Managed a decent job of it so at least there’s a spare cable handy now.
Can anyone suggest what type of twist grip is on the bike as it seems that the commonly available cable doesn’t fit on?
Thanks in advance
Keep shiny side up.
These are my principles, if you don’t like them, I have others. (Groucho Marx)
I don't think I've EVER bought a control cable that fitted perfectly "out of the box". The inner was either too long or too short. Wrong nipples fitted or, as in your case, the nipple was the wrong size. I do (and have done for a long time) the same as jackstringer and buy the parts from Venhill and make up my own. I've also made my own "Birdcaging" tool to spread the end of the inner cable prior to soldering it.
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Is that a throttle cable, carb end? I've often wondered how the nipple is recesssed as it's so small. What does your birdcaging tool look like? I have to admit I used to make cables OK but I seem to have lost the knack. Perhaps I'm using the wrong solder? I must practice more.
Dave.
John, that looks like a very neat job you made of the birdcage. My cable needs are almost non existent so have never got into trying to make them, which does make sense for many who have the means and like Dave, can get some practice in.
Keep shiny side up.
These are my principles, if you don’t like them, I have others. (Groucho Marx)
dave16mct wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2024 6:01 pm
Is that a throttle cable, carb end? I've often wondered how the nipple is recesssed as it's so small. What does your birdcaging tool look like? I have to admit I used to make cables OK but I seem to have lost the knack. Perhaps I'm using the wrong solder? I must practice more.
Dave.
Actually, Dave, it's a front brake cable. The nipple is one I made myself to fit the very nice, but very expensive stainless steel clevis that the club sells (017049S). It's a little longer to give more area for the solder.
The birdcaging tool is very simply a couple of pieces of 10mm thick steel, clamped together and drilled on the split line. It was made for the thicker 2mm Venhill inner cable but you could make it to suit any size. Photos are pretty much self explanatory.
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Steve, sorry the cable didn't fit but this is an infurating historical issue. The 023739 (Amal 366-2) twistgrip introduced for 1957 had a different nipple to all other types. Most bikes have had their twistgrips changed at some point but a small percentage still have the original. The problem is that we have so many questions to ask each customer, particularly with cables (a surprising amount of people don't even know what carb they have), that it's impossible to ask everything. So I kind of rely on people checking on our website first.
The easy way to identify the 366 twistgrip is to look at the size of the cable entry hole becuase it has a 1/4" hole, whereas all others have 5/16".