blue, Your bike looks stock. I have risers and had to take the slack out of mine the last time I rode it. What gives? Cable making is easy. It's all the hidden tricks that you learn as you go. A cable making How-To would be better shown; what it takes to have a good bond. That is the trick is the cable nipple end process.
1. Measure once. Better you measure long if you make a mistake. This way, you break the solder bond, run the cable up the nipple end.
2. This is then re-soldered with a pen type tip soldering gun or use a flame off a propane torch tip.
3. Flair out all the strands so the solder can bond into the nipple and act like a ball in there. It won't slip out of the solder ball you left the cable all straight-strand.
4. It's better with a visual. Because the strands have to stop before they go behind and then spread out the other side of the nipple. There is where you have to see the nipple has the straight coming out one end, but the strands were pulled into the nipple side where you fill with solder. That is all that critical measuring is the draw-down of the cable end to nipple side.
5. And silver solder is the one to use. That type solder will need a cleaner. So the cleaner has to match the label with it being compatible with silver solder. The 3rd bonding secret is a clean metal surface. Even a grinding wheel to the strands can expose some surface areas on the quick touch to the stone.
6. You are going to have to practice or you have those 3 guys figured out that are key to that brake pressure or clutch pressure. And yes, you WOT that throttle to the nipple ends just as powerful you load up on the snap open. So the bond is everything clean, exposed metals, and proper heat. Not cherry red heat. That is why the practice.
7. Better you start out with a pen type tip. Use a small tip for small work like the nipple ends. A few drops of cleaner onto nipple and exposed wires, you now jam that pen tip into the strands. Get it hot at the start to feed the silver into the tip.
8. But first, you need to prep the pen tip. Get it hot, then brush it off with a steel brush to get the old solder off the tip. You then, 'tin' the tip with silver, then you jam the point into the strands. Then start the silver flow. You have to give it time to heat the strands then have at it.
9. Here is where you see silver come out the other side of the nipple and stop. You want be so close to filling the one side and be real deep down hot so you are that far down in the bond. You have now a cleanup detail on the cable side, she waters out the hole. What with the hand file, the last thing you want to do is nick a strand on the cable side. She's done!
10. START ALL OVER!
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We pretty much have the bond secret figured out? We can make it easy if we rode to the dealer(s) with our cables. We want to see their inventory of old stock even. The more cables at a BIG4 franchise, the better chance you have matching ends and lengths:
1. I'm going to make a cable, sacrifice one side.
2. I want my outer housing ends to match my 14 ends.
3. I can mickey mouse any cable screw system in between the cable for final slack takeout if need be.
4. I have to search for cable end fitting while I am at the many dealers matching something with their stock.
5. I should not misstep the aftermarket independent with their motocross stuff and cable ends that may be on the cheap, not counter shock OEM prices.
6. I'm gonna say screw it, find 2 cables; I am mechanically inclined to call myself one is to become a MeGuyVeer and veer over to the wall socket, plugit in, plug it in with this cable making game and give it a shot I think I've got enough to go on.
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"Twist of the Wrist"(thanks Keith) has a whole new meaning nowadays!!!!