When doing a restoration how do you  manage  to  get the  new  back  brake  cable  through the  frame  and  out the  other  hole?I  have stripped  a  bike  but  not sure  whether to  take the  back  brake  cable out  incase  I  cant  get it  back through after painting!!

I've found some easy to thread back thru with a little bit of twisting from the head tube end you can usually manipulate it back to the hole. Another way is to insert a loop of either thin wire or string into the hole and hook it back thru when it's near the opening.

 

yes i agree with andy, sometimes i bend the wire a little at the end or twist it while its in the tube and hook it out with the wire from a clothes peg! Sometimes they come out first time and sometimes it takes 10 goes to get it out.

If you leave the cable in you wont get a proper paint job round the holes and may end up painting the outer cable and its hard to get off.  

Cheers boys , I  had  left the  cable  in and  masked  it up but  maybe  I  better take  it  out.

Any problems give us a shout (sometimes it helps to get a friend to twist the cable while you hook it out)  

yes mate bend the end, get someone to feed it through and twist the end while you try and hook it, done a couple now firsttime took 10 attempts, second one 2 attempts, but you will get it through

have faith  ;)

It's a bit like catching a fly with chop sticks! This man can accomplish anything in life....   The crazy thing is some you will get first time, others your sat for two days trying    

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anyone know how raleigh did it ?

Im a dab hand at it now (maybe i could of worked for raleigh!!) mind you there would of been no mk1s left for anyone else they would of all been hidden at my house!!!