Hello all,
As several of you expected, the cable was frozen in the sheath. I think it had become stuck to both the tensioning nut as well. Once I got it out I was able to free it up a bit, but decided to replace it completely. I’ve got the new one in, and is working just fine.
At some point I’m hoping to make my own replacement, and put a grease fitting in the middle of the Bowden cable. Seems easy enough if you have a decent crimper to put the ferrules on the ends. I also saw a cool video on how to make barrell ends without using the screw-on version. No rush on that, will save until I get the sheet metal back on the front and enjoy it a bit.
Has anyone ever done the modification where they add a spring over the cable where it hooks up to the rear handbrake swivel unit? I think there’s a pic on Gomog, I’ll try and post it.
