Brake cable bail arm

[Blackberry]

Does anyone know how to add an break cable bail arm to my zebra billy can?

Thanx

 

[Toddy]

Warthog1981 gave me a length of the stuff and two of the little brass screw in blocks from an electric 'chocolate block'
I threaded one end of the cable through the chocolate block brass thingie, then through the loop on my billy (mine's riveted on, your's might be a hole in the side of the can) and back up through the brass thing and screwed in the two wee brass screws as tightly as I could.
Repeated it on the other side.


You just need something to hold the folded wire securely......you can wrap it with wire, or if you're really good and neat about it you can splice it
Before anyone says you can't, then have a look at John Kemp, the ropeworker's site spliced stainless steel wire bracelets


http://www.knyph.co.uk/ropework.html
cheers,
Toddy

 

[Shewie]

You can drill your holes in the billy and then pass the cable through, get the brass centre out of an electrical choc-box connector and use that on the ends of your cable.

Those electrical wire crimp fittings can work too


EDIT:
Too slow

 

[Blackberry]

Done now!

Thank you very much

 

[marcusleftthesite]

Crimps for wire traces from angling shops look neat.

 

[Retired Member southey]

Lou1661 put me onto a good one, Using 5\6mm brass tube, just remove the bail handle, the after passing through the brackets left crimp the wire in the tube, using an allenkey for a bit more crimpage