[SEL] Life happens!!

[Skip Cleveland]

It takes some skill. I remember one thing, keep the solder or in this case, 
JB Weld all inside the cable or it will provide leverage for the grommet to 
pull the solder out. At least that's how I remember being told. It also 
doesn't want to be able to fall out either.
Skip
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> Hi Skip,
> I appreciate hearing about this.  I have some cable repair to do and this
> technique should work really well.  I can even see leaving out the 
> soldering and
> instead using something like JB Weld as the filler to keep the cable from
> passing back through the grommet. Thank you.
> Ron
> PS: I'll use the Dremel moto-tool to cut the cable to lenght. quick and 
> easy.
> A little scrap brass should work for the grommets and after I have cut 
> them
> to diameter and length, I can make up a jig I can hold them on the lathe 
> chuck
> to first bore them using a tailstock chuck and drill bit, then tip them a
> little and use a boring bar to cut the internal taper.  Material cost = 
> next to
> nothing,  Effectiveness = make whatever length I want.  Playing with the 
> tools
> = priceless!!!
>
> In a message dated 12/20/2007 10:36:37 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> skipcleveland at bellsouth.net writes:
>
> The clutch cables on the Cushman motor scooters and other similar machines
> using cables had a small grommet on  each end that was bored through big
> enough for the cable to fit through. The end where the cable came  out was
> bored back in a taper or funnel shaped. All you had to do was push the 
> cable
> through the grommet. When the cable protruded a ways, you would just fray
> out the cable and then fill it with plain solder which in turn, made the
> cable to large in dia. to go back through. That way, you ned not to heat 
> the
> cable very hot thus preserving its temper and strength. This was all
> detailed in the maintainance literature, and the procedure would make a
> repair that would last a long time or 'till the cable wore out.
> Skip
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