brake and throttle cable

[Fatboy04]

brake and throttle cable
I want to run the brake and throttle cable through the frame of my Allied mini pit as my wife calls it. Too clean it up, how big are the ends on standard brake and throttle cables

 

[CarPlayLB]

Run the smsll end through the tubes. Same diameter as the cable itself! I also use grommets on mine to keep the cables from chafing. No one likes a chafed cable!

 

[Fatboy04]

Thanks
So 1/4 or 3/8 hole should work ?

 

[CarPlayLB]

Yuup! You will be fine. I have made oblong/oval shaped holes so the cables will enter a little flatter to the tubing...that way they don't have to make such an abrupt direction change

 

[roccosbike]

Here's a tip for getting the cable through the frame.Take some kite string and tie some not's on the end of it,keep it just big enough to still go through the hole drilled.take a vacum cleaner to draw the string from one hole to the other and you will be left with something to pull the cable through with.

 

[bikebudy]

Never heard of the vacum trick ! Does it work every time ? Or is it a fiddle around kind of thing.

 

[Fatboy04]

Pulled a lot communication cable that way in my early years
Thanks for all the information

 

[roccosbike]

Never heard of the vacum trick ! Does it work every time ? Or is it a fiddle around kind of thing.

Best method you ever tried,guaranteed.

 

[bikebudy]

Right on, good to know :thumbsup:

 

[LSCustoms]

Best method you ever tried,guaranteed.

that is a good method... i use air, but hadnt thought about a vacuum...

 

[Fatboy04]

allied mini bike

Does anyone know what size fenders I should order for an Allied mini pit as my wife calls it