Little Brass Tubes - Jubilee Pop Quiz !

[Trebz]

All

I just stripped down a Kona Cinder Cone, during the process I found two little brass tubes on the dining room floor, where the bike was stripped.

They measure 4mm x 2.5mm.

I can't for the life of me remember ever seeing these things on a bike before.

They have to be something to do with the gearing cables due to their size.

Help ?

Thanks

Trebz

 

[tintin40]

Maybe a picture would make it easier to find out what these are? sounds like some thing to do with the cable to me?

 

[Spudly]

Are they the inners/bearings for the jockey wheels on the rear mech, they sound like they could/should be?

 

[Trebz]

These are they

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[Spudly]

Ahh, they're the little brass ends that should be on either ends of your outer cables!

 

[novanath]

Ahh, they're the little brass ends that should be on either ends of your outer cables!

Would they be ferrels? They look a little small to fit round the outside of the cable outers?

 

[FluffyChicken]

they are similar to the rear mech jockey bearings on some mechs. but they look a bit too posh to actual be them.

if they're ferrels then one side would have a smaller cable sized hole then the other which woudn't have one a such, just metal thickness.

 

[FluffyChicken]

oh and a 2.5mm they would not fit over even a thin gear cable outer, most are 4 or 5mm

jockey are ?

 

[Spudly]

Looking at the pic now im on my laptop and not my phone, id go back to my original guess, jockey wheel spindles!

 

[Iwasgoodonce]

Unless he didn't dismantle the rear mech.