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March 15, 2018 at 8:34 pm
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Something I’ve seen dozens of times: The inner core wire in the control cables breaks at the screws that hold the ends on. So somebody simply re-attaches the end to what’s left of the inner core wire (which by now is about 3/4" too short). That reduces the travel of the cable end by a like amount. Then it doesn’t have enough travel to go all the way between forward and reverse.
Moral: Back in "The Day". we used to replace the core wire. Nowadays, just replace the cable.
