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s10sakota 01-02-2017 07:03 AM

Where can I find this cable?
 
Does anyone know where I can find a push pull cable (for a parking brake) that has an end on it like the one in the photo? I basically need to mount the end in a small bulkhead similar to the one in the photo.

I can not find a cable with an end on it anywhere. They all come as cable that can be cut any size so there's no end for mounting-it's just the control cable sticking out of the sleeve.

Thanks...


Raymo 01-02-2017 07:13 AM

Not exactly what you are looking for but you can use BOWDEN CABLE CLAMP from ACS with the cut-to-length type cable.

s10sakota 01-02-2017 07:17 AM

Thanks Ray- I didn't know they made something like that. I suppose if I can't find a cable with the end on it that would still work just as well.

bret 01-02-2017 07:24 AM

Interesting, are those plastic lines rated for the high pressure side of the brake system? mine are aluminum.

Caveman 01-02-2017 07:25 AM

Is something like:

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/pages/...ndle/a1870.php

with one of these:

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalo...?clickkey=6170

what you had in mind?

There are several choices in cable styles that would work. It may be the "B-nut" piece of the puzzle that you are missing.

Joe

s10sakota 01-02-2017 07:25 AM

Yes. A lot of airplanes use those plastic brake lines and they work well. This picture is not of an RV (It's a Zenith Cruzer).

s10sakota 01-02-2017 07:31 AM

Joe, This is the cable I ordered from A/C Spruce: http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalo...clickkey=13810

As you can see there is no real end to it for securing it. It is meant to cut and then I guess use the mount that Ray posted a link to.

That would work. But I was hoping to return this cable to Spruce and buy one with an end attached to it.

But the more I think about it though I think I'll use this one as I can cut it to the exact length I need, and then I'll buy that piece in Ray's link to secure the end. That will work well.

Caveman 01-02-2017 07:51 AM

Got it! I misunderstood what you meant by "cable end". You need something to hold the cable housing in place, not something to attach the wire to the lever. My bad...:o

Larco 01-02-2017 07:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bret (Post 1138475)
Interesting, are those plastic lines rated for the high pressure side of the brake system? mine are aluminum.

The Vans kit comes with and many of us use the heavy wall plastic lines from the right side to left side brakes on the side by side models. It is not uncommon to see plastic lines, I believe .063 wall on RVs as brake pressure lines.
Vans kits back in the day used these same lines all the way to the wheels but because of heat the lines would fail at the wheel cylinders so they were changed to metal.

SMO 01-02-2017 09:41 AM

Mcfarlane Aviation makes cables with all kinds of ends
http://www.mcfarlaneaviation.com/Pro...ategoryID=219&


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