Brake Cable Nut

neilzomg · Derestricted Danger Joined: 29 Jan 2013 Karma :

I need a nut for my brake cable. The nut supplied with the brake cable (chinese cable) this is the exact one - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190785122588?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

Seems to slip inside the drum brake holder.

the nut is 14mm..

Does anyone know if I can buy a nut to fix this?

Neil.

stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

It's called a brake rod adjuster nut and it's only used for that application but it'll be a standard metric thread.

You'll be able to use a standard M6 or M8 nut. A proper one has a curved cutaway that butts against the brake trunnion (the cylindircal bit with a hole through the middle) which stops it undoing itself.

As such, I usually use two nuts to act as a locknut or a nylok nut
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neilzomg · Derestricted Danger Joined: 29 Jan 2013 Karma :

I ordered a nut which was way too big, fortunately the other one fitted inside the thread of the big nut solving the problem!

I guess sometimes things work out.