Solder Brake Cable Ends

Once your soldering iron is heated up it is now time to solder your cable end together.

Solder brake cable ends.

This is accomplished by first threading the inner cable through the nipple photo b before splaying the cable s wires c. It should take between 1 3 seconds for the solder to melt and run through the cable joining the end. Take your soldering iron and place it on the cable end to heat it up and melt the flux. A dremel tool with a good cutoff wheel can also be used.

Now add the solder to the tip of the cable end. The cable should now be dipped in soldering flux d before soldering e. It is much easier than trying to sweat the fittings onto the cable just using a torch and silver solder. Be careful not to fray the cut end of the cable.

Be assured this is correct solder and flux as this is the same products we use in our own workshop for building control cables with 100 success. 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. I m running my soldering iron at it s max of 850 degrees f mostly because i m impatient but you should be fine using a much lower. It s hard to have too many motorcycles but easy to have too many batteries and tires.

Preassemble your cable parts and check for size before you solder. Having established the outer cable length the mechanic should attach solder the inner cable s end nipple at the carb end. Use good quality sharp wire cutters dykes for cutting the cable.