Dia-Compe 287V brake levers

They allow you to route the cables so that they are not under the tape.
They are placed between the lever body and the cable.
Not necessary at all, but do use a ferrule if you don't use the noodles.

Gary Jacobson
Rosendale, NY

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Do the little pair of noodles (the ones without the adjusters) go
between the lever body and the cable? Are they necessary?

Dia-Compe don't supply any instructions, so I'm confused!

Zog The Undeniable said:

Do the little pair of noodles (the ones without the adjusters) go
between the lever body and the cable? Are they necessary?

Dia-Compe don't supply any instructions, so I'm confused!

So you've got two pairs of noodles- one with adjusters, one without. As
far as I can recall with mine, the short noodle with the 45-degree bend
does fit in the back of the lever between the cable housing and the
body. I'm not certain, though- it's all buried underneath the tape and
stuff right now.

Jeff

Gary Jacobson said:

They allow you to route the cables so that they are not under the tape.
They are placed between the lever body and the cable.
Not necessary at all, but do use a ferrule if you don't use the noodles.

Thanks - I've tried it with just a ferrule, but the friction is so high
that the brake won't release. On closer inspection the noodles are
required because the "V" modification involves drilling a new hole for
the cable which isn't countersunk to receive a cable end, unlike the
normal 287 lever (the "normal" hole is blanked on the 287V.

Unfortunately I've damaged one of mine in trying to fit it and this
particular type of noodle doesn't seem to be available as a spare.
Currently using V's with the old RSX levers, then...

Zog The Undeniable said:

Thanks - I've tried it with just a ferrule, but the friction is so high
that the brake won't release. On closer inspection the noodles are
required because the "V" modification involves drilling a new hole for
the cable which isn't countersunk to receive a cable end, unlike the
normal 287 lever (the "normal" hole is blanked on the 287V.

This may not be helpful, but I can't picture what you're doing wrong. I've
set up two pairs of these levers without noodles or ferrules, with the
flush-cut cable housing running hard up against the lever body. I've had no
friction problems - in fact the action of the levers in combination with XT
V-brakes is impressively free and light.

You could try boring out the hole to take a normal ferrule if you think
that might help.

James Thomson

James Thomson said:

This may not be helpful, but I can't picture what you're doing wrong. I've
set up two pairs of these levers without noodles or ferrules, with the
flush-cut cable housing running hard up against the lever body. I've had no
friction problems - in fact the action of the levers in combination with XT
V-brakes is impressively free and light.

You could try boring out the hole to take a normal ferrule if you think
that might help.

I've tried it with and without ferrules now. An undamaged noodle works
best, but friction is still quite high. If the old RSX levers don't
work well on the road (the brakes are very squashy but very powerful)
then I might try Travel Agents, or even mini-V's.