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Re: [oletrucks] Cable hardware

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Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Cable hardware
From: ke6bnl@juno.com
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 20:27:32 -0700
That sound like it will work fine, what I did years ago not recommending
it but lasted for some ten years was to repair the broken emergency cable
by putting a piece of copper tubing through the cable and bending it
passed u shape and using the u clamps to hod it tight. the copper seem to
keep the line from chaffing. Worked for me Ed ke6bnl



On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 08:20:49 -0700 Bob Fischer
<r.fischerjr@worldnet.att.net> writes:
> Hi Mark,
> You must be getting close on that truck.
> I presume your talking about the cables from each rear wheel, going 
> up to 
> the stock
> actuating mechanism on each side. I used garage door hardware from 
> my local
> Dixieline hardware store. Use the tiny horse shoe shaped guides and 
> a tiny "U"
> clamp and your done. This has been working on my truck for well over 
> a couple
> years now.
> I have a photo or two someplace, but I would have to look for it :)
> 
> >Hey guys, please pardon my ignorance.  I'm working on my parking 
> brake
> >setup ('79 Trans Am rearend in '55 1st AD).  I need to make a 
> permanent
> >loop in a piece of about 1/8" cable.  I've seen this little piece
> >before, but I don't know what it's called.  Where the cable loops 
> back
> >on itself, there's a steel sleeve that's crimped in place to keep 
> the
> >cable from slipping.  Can any of you give me the correct name of 
> this
> >piece of hardware, and where would you find one?
> >oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 
> 1959
> 
> "Nothin lasts forever except old Fords and a natural stone" - Willie 
> Nelson
> 
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> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 
> 1959
> 
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   Ed     ke6bnl@juno.com                     ( 1950 f1 & 1963econo pu   
                                                          
      Agua Dulce Ca.    91390                    70 chevy S/B)  1948 Ford
F3 
      So.   Calif. 70 mil N.Eof Los Angeles   1953 Chevy pu 3100)
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