brake cables

[Rose, Philip]

Yeh, I am. In the case of my last replacement cables (the "too short" kind), my driver side cable froze up after just a couple of years, and I recall the boot was already torn by then. The pass. side boot was OK at that point, and I assumed the torn driver-side boot damage might have been "induced" by the difficulty of fitting the short cable. However the boot failure I had might just be a matter of the cables having an extra-vulnerable boot (design).

I assume that if water gets inside there will be also be corrosion problems after a while.

Phil




On Feb 24, 2013, at 2:34 PM, Dave C wrote:

> I just read all the replies and have one other thought to offer.  Are
> you in a cold climate with freezing weather?
> 
> One of the common failure modes is due to the rubber bootie at the
> front end of the cable.  When they bootie fails it allows water to get
> inside the cable which seizes the cable in freezing temps.  In my
> experience the replacement cable booties tend to rot within a couple
> of years whereas the originals seemed to last forever.
> 
> Dave C.
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