Just looks like the threaded end of the adjust cable passes through a spring and threads into the brass wotsit and pokes out the far side. If you've broke it, is there a bit of end of the cable missing or anything left in the brass wotsit?Hooli wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:54 pmBroke it broke it, the cable should be located in the shiney brassy ring you can see. That's the actual adjuster, so now the cable won't turn it. I think it could be stuck back in with something, but not sure what.Eddie Honda wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:53 pm Have you just been a daft bastard and only wound it too far out?
Or have you broke it, broke it?
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It looks like that, but there is no thread or owt in the brass bit for it to lock in to. I think there is a little bit of cable in the bottom of the brass bit, as if it was fixed & has snapped off right at the end.
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I'm considering araldite, maybe after cross drilling the brass bit (it's not brass but you know the bit I mean) so it's got more purchase. I'd need to degrease the cable properly too.
I'd just replace it with a bolt, but I'm really not sure I'd be able to get my fingers in to adjust it due to bits around it.
I'd just replace it with a bolt, but I'm really not sure I'd be able to get my fingers in to adjust it due to bits around it.
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How about just doing the job properly? Fish out the remains that are in the brass wotsit.
Take that and the other piece to a cable manufacturer like https://www.hindlecontrols.com/
It might not be a pricey as you think.
I use a place http://www.cablecraft.ie/, as they are 14 miles away from me. Got a clutch cable inner for the RT done for 10 yoyos and got them to do release cables on the reclining sofa for a fiver a pop, while-you-wait. Also had a heater push/pull wire made up for my old Citroen's heater flaps, again from the pieces I had broken in my hand.
Take that and the other piece to a cable manufacturer like https://www.hindlecontrols.com/
It might not be a pricey as you think.
I use a place http://www.cablecraft.ie/, as they are 14 miles away from me. Got a clutch cable inner for the RT done for 10 yoyos and got them to do release cables on the reclining sofa for a fiver a pop, while-you-wait. Also had a heater push/pull wire made up for my old Citroen's heater flaps, again from the pieces I had broken in my hand.
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I didn't know places like that existed, that's why.
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I just tends to make my own, I didn't know places that would make one off cables existed.
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As I believe in equality, I'm calling you a CHUMP too!DodgeRover wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 8:26 pm I didn't know places that would make one off cables existed.
There's a lot of things still made in the UK even if it's out of furrin materials.
I've made cables myself, but places like these make a better job of it. If you're lucky enough to have one nearish, support them.
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