Front brake cable length?

[Kendrick81]

Hi all, any help would be greatly appreciated.........I had a crash a couple of days ago, and amongst the repairs I have to make is a front brake line replacement. It's the front brake cable going to the right caliper. I am using Speedlinez cable and I have no idea what length I should get. I do have +2 a-arms. I only need the one cable and am going to buy the cable from Speedlinez site, but for a single universal cable I need to know the length to buy. Does anyone know what the stock length is? And if they do will I just add two inches to that to compensate for the +2 a- arm? Thank you for looking and any help provided.

 

 

Bob

[trickedcarbine]

They don't have a hotline to call? I will be in my shed tomorrow. I'll try to get a measure on what I have for length in my +2 arms

[Kendrick81]

Oh wow, you don't need to go to that kind of trouble, I appreciate that.....they have a number and email I can use, but are closed now, so I was just seeing if anyone knew off the top of their head so that I can get it ordered ASAP. Thank you for your reply and so promptly.

[Nightmare]

22 inches including the fittings, I measured an old stock length steel braided line I have laying around.

[Kendrick81]

Hey thanks Nightmare, is that 22" stock or what I should have with the +2, or are they the same either way? Sorry..... don't know much about these things but I love it! Any thoughts on replacement? Is there a process to go through after I replace the cable in the front or just tighten bolts and nuts and top of the fluid and get goin?

[Nightmare]

Yes, that's stock length. I think I added 2 1/2 for my +2's from what I remember. Only thing you'll need to do is bleed them and go.