My Tiger has the cable mechanism, and a little piece of .025" wire that
loops around the release lever, goes through a hole drilled in the
sheetmetal above the cowl, and ends in a loop there, so if something does go
wrong with the cable, you can fish the wire out from the gap between the
hood and the cowl, and open it that way. This idea still assumes that the
latch is properly adjusted in the first place.
Theo Smit
tsmit@home.com
B382002705
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> Has anyone heard of the cable breaking or slipping? The fear of that is
> why I went to the rod. But, that could be an unreasonable concern. Since
> I have it all set up already. I will probably try to remove the spring
> first (since the cable version doesn't even have a spring in the first
> place, relying only on the spring in the mechanism itself).
>
> Jay
>
> P.S. I guess it's possible that they changed the release mechanism too
> when
> they switched over. And the reason I can't get full travel is because I
> have the later release mechanism mounted. But, if that is the case, I'd
> still rather stick with it because that means it HAS more travel, which I
> might as well take advantage of.
>
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