Basement rat
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Making cable ends:
A week and a half ago my throttle cable broke on my sled. I thought it was the throttle cable however it was a weird intermediate cable/ system?... I couldn't find the part, ANYWHERE, not online, not at my parts store, the local (only) bicycle shop did'nt have any connections like this or anywhere. So I made one. Here's how it goes. (my camera is on the fritz and the bike takes priority over a new camera)
The broken cable and looking through my scrap shelf I found an old choke cable from my 750, the clip broke but the cable was great:
File lead knob to fit the case:
Next my inital plan was to take a mold of the old what I thought was lead piece, heat it up, remove the old broken wire and insert the new one. Its not lead... I pulled the piece out and used what I had as a mold for lead. Next problem was the wire just slipped out. I bend an electrical connector from my assortment to crimp on the wire and fit inside the lead piece:
Next and last step was file to fit/ match the old one and install.
Done!
Questions?
(does a mod want to remove the thread I made?)
A week and a half ago my throttle cable broke on my sled. I thought it was the throttle cable however it was a weird intermediate cable/ system?... I couldn't find the part, ANYWHERE, not online, not at my parts store, the local (only) bicycle shop did'nt have any connections like this or anywhere. So I made one. Here's how it goes. (my camera is on the fritz and the bike takes priority over a new camera)
The broken cable and looking through my scrap shelf I found an old choke cable from my 750, the clip broke but the cable was great:
![DSC03156.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi29.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc276%2FEd_Guy%2FDSC03156.jpg&hash=b36e07be5e97784e8a030734ac8b1315)
File lead knob to fit the case:
![DSC03157.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi29.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc276%2FEd_Guy%2FDSC03157.jpg&hash=dcf72563700c03095e966881ca6f6cf8)
![DSC03158.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi29.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc276%2FEd_Guy%2FDSC03158.jpg&hash=4f5f747e71068152eff5591b964d3744)
Next my inital plan was to take a mold of the old what I thought was lead piece, heat it up, remove the old broken wire and insert the new one. Its not lead... I pulled the piece out and used what I had as a mold for lead. Next problem was the wire just slipped out. I bend an electrical connector from my assortment to crimp on the wire and fit inside the lead piece:
![DSC03159.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi29.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc276%2FEd_Guy%2FDSC03159.jpg&hash=34dfd8165d18f4990d2ac1e35d17c337)
![DSC03160.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi29.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc276%2FEd_Guy%2FDSC03160.jpg&hash=c85cfba1128c27f3ee7c470f5c38785a)
![DSC03161.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi29.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc276%2FEd_Guy%2FDSC03161.jpg&hash=db4cf28f61b7dd4686824c5a661acfe7)
![DSC03165.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi29.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc276%2FEd_Guy%2FDSC03165.jpg&hash=ff48e2fbbc803dffc7a19134ae693ef5)
![DSC03163.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi29.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc276%2FEd_Guy%2FDSC03163.jpg&hash=2d442b281e01783d3fbdbcb05913723b)
![DSC03164.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi29.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc276%2FEd_Guy%2FDSC03164.jpg&hash=171f9af1413faef3ec97e9923d9cfbe2)
![DSC03166.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi29.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc276%2FEd_Guy%2FDSC03166.jpg&hash=d3dddd88523e3b236a34d682a5c1fe44)
Next and last step was file to fit/ match the old one and install.
Done!
Questions?
(does a mod want to remove the thread I made?)