Dropper Post replacement - a dumb Q.

[Yo-Yo]

So here is the thing. I can work reasonably well on my own bike but internal cabling kills me and I've got a new dropper. I have a current dropper in there and the Q is should I just pull the inners out and thread the new one and put on the new post / lever or pull the whole lot out and go for broke? Don't want to stuff up the inner threading it through and mangling the end / fibres. 

 

I'm hoping the 2 different droppers are routed the same way with the ends at the lever but haven't looked yet as that would be a great win! 

[droo]

Pull out inner, thread new inner through existing outer. Then feed the new outer through over the new inner.

 

Either that or SRAM make a little doofer that comes with Reverb seatposts. It's got a conical thread on each side, and you can use it to attach the old cable outer to the new one and pull it through.

[Yo-Yo]

Pull out inner, thread new inner through existing outer. Then feed the new outer through over the new inner.

 

Either that or SRAM make a little doofer that comes with Reverb seatposts. It's got a conical thread on each side, and you can use it to attach the old cable outer to the new one and pull it through.

 

I knew there would be a trick to it. Thank you, I am sure that will save me a lot of swearing and multiple cables. Is there anything you need do to stop the cable fibres getting separated and snarled up inside when you're threading? Super glue the ends and trim when through I was thinking or thread it with one of the little end caps on (sure there is a technical term for the thing you put on the end of an cable and crimp to stop it from fraying).   

[Jehosefat]

I knew there would be a trick to it. Thank you, I am sure that will save me a lot of swearing and multiple cables. Is there anything you need do to stop the cable fibres getting separated and snarled up inside when you're threading? Super glue the ends and trim when through I was thinking or thread it with one of the little end caps on (sure there is a technical term for the thing you put on the end of an cable and crimp to stop it from fraying).   

 

You shouldn't need to do anything, just feed it through gently. You'll usually end up cutting the end off to get it to the right length anyway so a small bit of fraying isn't the end of the world.

 

The end caps are too big, you won;t be able to feed the cable through the housing with one on anyway.

[GrahamS2]

I knew there would be a trick to it. Thank you, I am sure that will save me a lot of swearing and multiple cables. Is there anything you need do to stop the cable fibres getting separated and snarled up inside when you're threading? Super glue the ends and trim when through I was thinking or thread it with one of the little end caps on (sure there is a technical term for the thing you put on the end of an cable and crimp to stop it from fraying).

 

Superglue or a dot of solder

[droo]

If you use a new cable the end is already soldered. Problem solved.

 

If you've got a proper soldering iron or a propane torch you can solder the end, otherwise superglue works for a bit.