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Nylon lined cables

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2016 10:02 am
by eadmr04
Can you use ordinary inner cables with these or do they have to be a specific type of inner? is it just the outer that is lined?

Re: Nylon lined cables

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2016 11:34 am
by HxPaul
I carry ordinary inner cables in my breakdown kit,if one of my cables breaks I just replace with an ordinary inner.I havn't had any problems doing that.

Re: Nylon lined cables

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2016 11:43 am
by EddieStone
I have nylon lined cables. I had a clutch cable break a month ago, and when I pulled out the old inner to replace it, it pulled out the whole nylon inner as well.
So now it's no longer nylon lined.

Re: Nylon lined cables

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2016 6:49 pm
by Knowledge
Yes Dom.

I haven't come across a nylon-lined specific inner cable.

Re: Nylon lined cables

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2016 9:14 pm
by coaster
EddieStone wrote:I have nylon lined cables. I had a clutch cable break a month ago, and when I pulled out the old inner to replace it, it pulled out the whole nylon inner as well.
So now it's no longer nylon lined.
That happened to me a few weeks ago when changing a frayed clutch cable. I slid a new inner into it and the clutch was as heavy as hell, almost un rideable :? New nylon lined outer fitted and all is good again. The lesson here is not to pull badly deformed cables out without trimming the kinks and snags off first.

Re: Nylon lined cables

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 6:45 pm
by eadmr04
Thanks all.

Re: Nylon lined cables

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2016 10:18 am
by Ilango
eadmr04 wrote:Can you use ordinary inner cables with these or do they have to be a specific type of inner? is it just the outer that is lined?
Hi,
Though I am not able to come up with a reason why not use ordinary inner cables with nylon lined outer, here in India Spaco makes Nylon lined cables and the inner cables are available as a separate spare.
However Spaco has named it "Ropes", rather than cables.

-Ilango

Re: Nylon lined cables

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2016 11:33 am
by jonzo172
I've always used a spray of this when fitting too. Also use it on my pushbikes.


http://www.putoline.com/en/catalogue/pr ... uard/1903/

Re: Nylon lined cables

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 5:24 pm
by mr oppinionated
The nylon lined cables I used to get from Taffspeed, where thinner and more tightly wound. I assumed that only they would fit the outers, but never had to try as they never snapped on me.

Mike