HELP - drilled out brake cable stop

[peanutgallery]

Goofy stuff, agreed

But generally speaking, but the common denominator for here is a little taller vs. ebay

Originally Posted by cadence90

Amazing? Really?

Read some of the "advice" dispensed here on a fairly regular basis.
Dear Abby, it ain't....
.

[Jeff N.]

Originally Posted by pritchet74

I actually have those stops and they are too big in diameter to fit.

PM sent to Jeff for those stops...

Sent them off. Let me know how they work...or IF they work! Good luck!

[Jeff N.]

Originally Posted by peanutgallery

I find it amazing that someone would take a drill (unnecessarily) to a Colnago

Assuming (hoping) this is a ebay find and not someone who logs in here

I remember I DID own a C40 that had 3 guides that were designed to have the housing go all the way through to the rear brake. Could this be the same design? Anyway, hope the ferrules I sent do the trick.

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by peanutgallery

I find it amazing that someone would take a drill (unnecessarily) to a Colnago

Assuming (hoping) this is a ebay find and not someone who logs in here

You forgot -‘pal’

[cmbicycles]

Originally Posted by Kontact

Speaking of which, don't rely on a plastic ferrule to act as a cable stop for your brakes. That's a great way to unexpectly and inconveniently not have brakes.


I've replaced stops like that before - you just need the stop, the proper sized rivet and the rivet gun. Don't overthink it.

I wouldn't rely on a plastic ferrule for my brakes either. Call Colnago for the right part, or measure the distance between the rivets on the existing stop, and order the from a frame supply house.

Drill off the head of the rivet, pop the rest out with a punch, install using a rivet gun, and usually a spacer if the head of the rivet gun doesnt fit in the space you have. I've done this for several frames and it's no big deal, and much more reliable than a plastic ferrule, that if it squeezes thru the existing stop under pressure is a problem when you really won't want it.

[bikinchris]

Originally Posted by cadence90

Amazing? Really?

Read some of the "advice" dispensed here on a fairly regular basis.
Dear Abby, it ain't....
.

+1 I try not to say anything.

[jpritchet74]

eBay indeed. And from a Italy - so dealing with returning it would be a complete pain.

[donevwil]

Originally Posted by Kontact

.... Don't overthink it.

Clearly you and cmb... have that covered.

[C40_guy]

Did you buy the C40 from this guy?

He had an issue with sweat and the ferrules and posted that he was planning on drilling them out...

[Kontact]

Originally Posted by donevwil

Clearly you and cmb... have that covered.

Why? Because we're both recommending against doing something stupid that could get you killed?


Should I feel bad?

[cadence90]

Originally Posted by C40_guy

Did you buy the C40 from this guy?

He had an issue with sweat and the ferrules and posted that he was planning on drilling them out...

Such a common problem on those frames. I had the same thing happen on my Ex-Power front cable stop. The ferrule was completely seized, and wouldn't budge. Some WD-40, a Phillips screwdriver, a rubber mallet...very gentle tap tap tap, and out it came. No drill, no drama, no damage.
.

[cmbicycles]

Originally Posted by donevwil

Clearly you and cmb... have that covered.

I guess rigging something up in a uni-cheek manner is perfectly fine for something so trivial as brakes. I hereby rescind my advice to fix something the right way because working brakes are completely unnecessary... thats gotta be why they have two for redundancy. Probably completely overthinking it considering it takes all of 5 minutes to do the repair correctly.

Just think of all the money bike manufacturers could save by not installing stops and just using plastic ferrules. What could possibly go wrong.