Bendix Stick Shift QUESTION?????
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Just loosen a screw & clamp the cable under the clip.
The cable doesn’t need any kind of an end. They’re assuming you’ve got the Sturmey-archer clip on the other end already, and you’ve shortened your cable from the handlebars back to the top tube.
I had one of those right from the pages of Archie. It was chrome plated on the cover though. I think the cover might’ve been chromed plastic.
It was 1967 so it’s hard to remember exactly.
The cable doesn’t need any kind of an end. They’re assuming you’ve got the Sturmey-archer clip on the other end already, and you’ve shortened your cable from the handlebars back to the top tube.
I had one of those right from the pages of Archie. It was chrome plated on the cover though. I think the cover might’ve been chromed plastic.
It was 1967 so it’s hard to remember exactly.
Complete guess with zero actual knowledge applied...but, the groove in the clip is consuming my attention. Have you removed that screw to see if there is a cable sized hole through it?
If not, does the groove form a bump on the other side...if so, I would say that confirms that a half wrap and tightened down was the intent.
Grooves just don't exist without a reason...do they?
If not, does the groove form a bump on the other side...if so, I would say that confirms that a half wrap and tightened down was the intent.
Grooves just don't exist without a reason...do they?
I don’t think there’s a hole because that taps right into the shifter handle. There’s no nut on the other side to tighten.
Put the cable around the screw in a 180 so it goes through the clip twice, and tighten the screw
Put the cable around the screw in a 180 so it goes through the clip twice, and tighten the screw
They have to punch a hole in there for the screw, and they punch that slot (dimple?) at the same time to create little teeth that bite into the cable.
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Many thanks to The Kingfish for posting these terrific photos.
I’ve been working on an idea for a custom shifter, and I had not looked at my old Archie shifter in 50 some years.
I completely forgot and how they were constructed until I looked at the pictures.
I’ve been working on an idea for a custom shifter, and I had not looked at my old Archie shifter in 50 some years.
I completely forgot and how they were constructed until I looked at the pictures.
Found this info on the CABE. Someone was selling one and had this great pic of the instruction sheet
https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/s...gwRk_HM6GbYM5a6ODUP5W7Q3oUkf-xL3SmySzR_ygwQgM
https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/s...gwRk_HM6GbYM5a6ODUP5W7Q3oUkf-xL3SmySzR_ygwQgM
Well of course the same thing would apply to any shifter cable that had a factory crimped end at the hub.
You would never cut that end off.
Mine either came from the Schwinn store in Duluth or Goldfine’s department store, which sold all kinds of aftermarket bike parts.
Until I bought that I had a ball from some kids game on a wooden dowel with a screw that went through my sissy bar, and I put a spring on there to keep tension on the thing so it would stay where I put it.
Yours has the same spring arrangement, but with a big rivet that holds it to the base and the clamp.
But mine was never strong enough to stay in first gear when I released tension from the pedals and it would automatically slip up to second. It was a totally unsatisfactory POS and of course the Bendix was terrific.
You would never cut that end off.
Mine either came from the Schwinn store in Duluth or Goldfine’s department store, which sold all kinds of aftermarket bike parts.
Until I bought that I had a ball from some kids game on a wooden dowel with a screw that went through my sissy bar, and I put a spring on there to keep tension on the thing so it would stay where I put it.
Yours has the same spring arrangement, but with a big rivet that holds it to the base and the clamp.
But mine was never strong enough to stay in first gear when I released tension from the pedals and it would automatically slip up to second. It was a totally unsatisfactory POS and of course the Bendix was terrific.
