I assume that you're talking about the inner cable unraveling. A good
bicycle shop should be able to cut, or sell you the tool to cut, those
cables. I'll sometimes tin the end with solder to keep it from
unraveling. If the individual wires aren't bent, you can sometimes wind
them back in place.
https://www.parktool.com/product/professional-cable-and-housing-cutter-cn-10
Cheers,
Bob Haskell
Austin Healey 3000 BN7/BT7 registrar
On 1/9/21 9:54 AM, Leonard Berkowitz wrote:
> I have just reinstalled the carburetors on my BJ7 after replacing the
> jet assemblies on both. I purchased new scuttle to carburetor choke
> lines. Which installed fairly easily. Only problem is that both are
> considerably longer than they need to be. That didn't present a
> problem for the rear carb but the choke wire on the front was hitting
> the horn and this interfered with the operation of the choke. I tried
> to cut the wire and it just unraveled and became unusable. Does anyone
> have a suggestion on how to shorten the wire before or after it is
> installed.
>
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