I would try soaking in something like diesel fuel so it will get into the
innards better. After a good soaking then flex the entire cable to loosen
the rusted areas as much as possible. When reassembling I would recommend
something along the lines of Never Seize to be wiped along the cable while
it is being inserted (messy stuff) so that it lessens the chance of it
happening again. If the cable end is frayed I wonder if one could control
it with a small piece of shrink wrap, anyone tried this???
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Larry Cogan wrote:
> Three of my hanger queens are afflicted with terminally (?)
> stiff/frozen pull cables. One is the choke on the Bugeye, one the
> fresh air cable on the 70 Midget, and all three cables on the TC are
> about frozen. Is there a procedure to resurrect these puppies to some
> usefulness? Like remove and soak in a bucket of oil for a day or clip
> the dog legs off the end and remove the internal wire, sand and try to
> reinsert? Anyone BTDT? Thanks, Larry.
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