28-09-2017, 01:01 PM
All good advice, many thanks. My Bowdenex system came off a complete axle assembly and I suspect it had not been touched since it was fitted 50 years or so ago. The brakes are Girling and the cranked levers are the third one down on R's photo. The bowed axle was seriously bent in two planes, either the Bowdenex brakes worked far too well or were bl**dy useless! Regarding the flat mounting strips, these have been fitted to the cables before the ends were crimped on so are not removable without sawing a slot in them. Likewise, fitting a different mounting bracket would involve a slotted arrangement which would be fiddly.
I have restored one cable by hanging it up in the out-house and heating with a blow lamp. Once the old grease was out I fed WD40 into the cable through the grease nipple midway along and the cable now operates with minimum friction. Alas on looking at the second cable very carefully, there is a crack in the threaded end that feeds through the steel rod on the swingle arm, so this will need attention before I can progress any further. Has anyone got a spare cable they do not need?
One outcome of this thread is that I have read Stuart Ulph's book 'Would suit enthusiast' again. Available from the PWA7C bookshop in time for Christmas!
Shameless plug but why not?
I have restored one cable by hanging it up in the out-house and heating with a blow lamp. Once the old grease was out I fed WD40 into the cable through the grease nipple midway along and the cable now operates with minimum friction. Alas on looking at the second cable very carefully, there is a crack in the threaded end that feeds through the steel rod on the swingle arm, so this will need attention before I can progress any further. Has anyone got a spare cable they do not need?
One outcome of this thread is that I have read Stuart Ulph's book 'Would suit enthusiast' again. Available from the PWA7C bookshop in time for Christmas!
Shameless plug but why not?