campy record cable replacement

No need to completely replace the housing. Just butt an additional length of housing to the existing
portion. I've done that several times on bikes where the handlebars needed raising and the existing
cables were too short to allow it. Just make sure you properly square the cut ends of the housing on
a grinding wheel.

Nick

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I've got to flip the stem to give positive rise.. and the cables are too short... so I have to
replace the section of housing that go from the shifter/derailleur pods and the brake and
derailleur cables.

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No need to completely replace the housing. Just butt an additional length of housing to the
existing portion.

ouch. with respect that's /not/ a good way to do it. if you /have/ to do it this way, there is
an "end-to-end" ferrule you can get to make sure the cables remain alligned properly. but it's
still a kluge.

the cost of replacement outer is so low compared to the reliability implications of this approach,
it's not something /i/ would recommend.

jb

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the cost of replacement outer is so low compared to the reliability implications of this approach,
it's not something /i/ would recommend.

jb

I've already got all the stuff... including the housing material... just waiting until I get
enough info to know how to do it on campy stuff. I've changed out cables many, many times on
shimano MTB gear.

charlie

It's pretty intuitive. If you've done it on MTB gear many times then you shouldn't have a problem.
Just remember, as Peter Chisholm will be quick to point out, dont put ferules on the housing going
into the Ergo shifters. He doesn't want to fish anymore of those out for customers 🙂

Rob Strickland

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the cost of replacement outer is so low compared to the reliability implications of this
approach, it's not something /i/ would recommend.

jb

I've already got all the stuff... including the housing material... just waiting until I get
enough info to know how to do it on campy stuff. I've changed out cables many, many times on
shimano MTB gear.

charlie

I've found some good stuff on the campy.com site... at first I thought it was all in Italian.... but
upon closer inspection, I found the other languages after the initial Italian section. I feel better
just looking thru the manuals... as you noted, nothing too difficult... but good to know about such
things as ferrules on the shifter end of the cables.

Since the cables are brand new,and the rears much longer than the fronts ... I think I can take the
rear cables and put them on the front .. and just put new ones on the back. Also use the rear
housings.. on the front.. but cut to the new length for the positive rise stem.

I have very big hands, and I'm trying to figure out how to use the thumb shift lever without lifting
my hand from the pods. I'm sure I'll get use to them and after is all said and done, I'll probably
like them better than the shimano gear I'm used to.

charlie