Replacement Gear Cable / Shifter Advice for DD Turbo (Jet Black Whisper)

Hey Everyone,

The gear cable on my Jet Black Whisper Drive turbo has corroded and unfortunately snapped.

Have contacted the manufacturer but not holding out for a replacement part as it's quite old now.

Have taken it apart and looks like a fairly simple fix if I can find a cable / shifter combo that works.

I've attached a picture of the cable end that slots into the socked on the turbo....Any clues on a possible replacement?

Also will need to work out the best way to connect to a new shifter. Only option I can currently think of is using something like a Jtek Cable Splitter and a friction shifter.

http://www.jtekengineering.com/other/cable-splitter/

Any help would be much appreciated.

2 Attachments

The cable looks like a regular mtb barrel end brake cable.

Cheers @dogtemple that was my first thought however is quite a but smaller. For reference more like the size of a campag gear cable end.

Here's a mtb cable next to it for comparison

1 Attachment

You might be able to bodge something to work eg one or other of these might fit

Maybe helpful?

1 Attachment

You might not need an exact fit, I’ve used mtb cables in road levers plenty, depends what room there is around the bit that it connects to if you know what I mean?

I’ve also filed down ends to fit into strange levers and shifters, it’s usually pretty soft material so easy to do.

There are motorcycle kits that have lots of different shape ends and usually they are mechanical fitting ie they have a grub screw to hold them on. Wouldn’t like to use them for long on a motorbike or maybe at all of it’s the brakes (!) but for your usage it should be fine.

An example of the universal cable kit but obv don’t buy from Amazon as they are evil.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Motorcycle-Universal-Throttle-Clutch-Emergency/dp/B07K9KPBGG

Nice one cheers @M_V that looks like it will fit the bill. Will give it a go.