My rear brake has been pretty ineffective for some time, and I think I've gotten to the root of the issue now. There is rust&gunk on the cable where it enters the rubber housing, which seems to be interfering with the braking action, the calipers dont seem to open enough when I release the brake, indeed the rim is pretty close to rubbing off the pads.
My initial idea is to loosen the cable at the caliper, and take if off through the brifter (ultegra sl), clean/lube it, hopefully removing any possible gunk etc at the same time from the housing. So now to my question, should I then be able to get the cable back through the brifter & housing (which is under the bar tape) quite easily, or will I end up needing to remove the tape? I've not done this before so am not sure how easily the metal cable will travel throught he housing.
cheers !
-Wally
My initial idea is to loosen the cable at the caliper, and take if off through the brifter (ultegra sl), clean/lube it, hopefully removing any possible gunk etc at the same time from the housing. So now to my question, should I then be able to get the cable back through the brifter & housing (which is under the bar tape) quite easily, or will I end up needing to remove the tape? I've not done this before so am not sure how easily the metal cable will travel throught he housing.
cheers !
-Wally
