[FC] FC brake cables too short

[gswiatowy at rochester.rr.com]

Are you sure you have the hand brake fully released?

Then check the routing of the cable to verify while things were disconnected, it did not snag on something else while loose.

Gary Swiatowy


---- "Steven R. Spilatro" <spilatrs at marietta.edu> wrote: 
> I finally restored the rear emergency brake cable brackets on my FC, 
> only to find that the cables are too short  to reach the equalizer 
> (well, if I attach one then the other won't reach).  Some irony here 
> since the cables always sagged and seemed too long without the 
> brackets.  Is this a known problem?  The equalizer is at its further 
> position rearward, is there any other adjustment that can be 
> made?  Would new cables solve the problem (I always thought old 
> cables would be stretched relative to new ones)?
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
> Steven R. Spilatro
> Marietta, OH
> 
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