P.S. Brake housing flexes too much to be used with index shifting. --Eric N Sent from the iPad 2
On Mar 21, 2011, at 7:05 AM, David Faller <dfal...@charter.net> wrote: > Given that you can see some internal rust and some cracking on the sheathing, > I'd guess that this housing got pinched or slightly crushed at some point and > it all slowly went downhill from there. Shimano housing is hard to beat, and > I really doubt it was a factory defect. It's cheap to replace. I wouldn't > try to use brake housing for a derailleur, as it uses larger ferrules which > won't fit in your cable stops. You'd just be asking for more trouble! > > On 3/20/2011 10:55 PM, Earl Grey wrote: >> Hi, >> >> yesterday, as I shifted my Sam with alacrity into the big chainring, >> the left silver shifter went past the limit of its range of motion >> determined by the derailer limit screw. I thought perhaps the cable >> had slipped, but then saw that the housing had burst in the loop >> coming from the bar-end shifter: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/gernothuber/5545443939/ >> >> This is 1.5 year old silver gray Shimano SIS SD housing purchased from >> Riv. >> >> I have never burst derailer housing, nor have I ever heard of it >> happening to others. Was this a manufacturing defect, low quality >> housing, or caused by UV damage, which the gray housing is presumably >> more subject to than black housing? Fortunately there remained enough >> tension on the cable that I could move the derailer cage by hand to >> shift and have it stay in place over the middle chainring. >> >> Has anyone had a similar experience? There is some sign of rust inside >> the housing, pointing towards a slow failure, probably starting with a >> crack in the gray housing. The gray outer covering on the tight loop >> leading to the rear derailer is also cracked. The bike is always >> parked in the car port, and is only subject to direct sunlight when I >> am riding or when it's parked outside the yoga studio or on errands >> (about 8 hours a week). >> >> I like the look of the silver, but if I have to replace the housing >> once a year, I'll probably go with black housing, of which I have a >> spool. Or should I go with silver gray *brake* housing, since I only >> use friction shifting anyway? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Gernot >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Gernot >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
