Brake Cross Shaft

[Jamie]

On a loosely related subject, to do with taking up slack in cables: I have seen some adjustable cable tensioners, similar to yacht rigging screws. They are rated for up to 350kgs. Is this likely to be adequate to cope with the braking force of a Seven? I think that they would be more useful for adjusting the rear cables than the current hit-and-miss connectors that I have currently.

Jamie.

[Robert Leigh]

Bottle-screws to which you refer are a far better option than the 'butterfly' cable kinking devices which were the common option ever since I had my first A7 in 1959. In extremis those were known to pop off the cable where they had been fitted. Having once experienced that during emergency braking I have never used them again.

[Ivor Hawkins]

I remember buying a Ruby back in the seventies, with four “butterfly” stretchers on the brakes and it still didn’t stop…the MOT man was pleased to see a set of new cables, properly adjusted!

[Jaffar]

Thank you for the information.

I thought there was some sort of movement on the inner end of the outer tube which enabled the front brakes to engage before the back but can see the logic if the outer tube twists a bit.

Another question. Does anyione have an image of what the cotter pins on the brake actuation arms look like?