Stray cable strands - Page 2

(clip) scrap cable (clip) ^^^^^^^^^^^^ If you give 'em
scraps, the strays will never leave you alone.
^^^^^^^^^^^ Your post here is clearly the top dog in
the other thread. ^^^^^^^^^^^ I'm trying to be
serious here, and you guys keep making PUN of me.

>>My FD cable is completely frayed at the end. It spreads
>>out and either pokes my leg or scratches the paint. Any
>>tricks on getting it to behave?
>
>Can you temporarily get it looking "pretty good" with
>judicious twisting of the ends with a pair of pliers, and
>hold it in that position? If so, you can
>
>apply some SuperGlue or the like and let it set for a
>minute. The cable should be reasonably clean/non-greasy for
>this to work. Just don't glue the pliers to the cable!
>
>Art
>
What I've found works pretty good is a drop of Quik JB Weld.
Have to cut it off if you need to pull the cable through the
housing at a later date, but it's easy to re-apply. Steve

On 10 Jul 2004 01:09:40 GMT, philcycles@aol.communged (Phil Brown)
wrote:
>Acid flux and plumber's solder work just fine on stainless
>cables with a regular propane torch.

Was in Lowes today and bought some acid flux core
solder. Yay me!
--
Rick Onanian

On 10 Jul 2004 01:09:40 GMT, philcycles@aol.communged (Phil Brown)
wrote:
>Acid flux and plumber's solder work just fine on stainless
>cables with a

If you do it again, do you have acid reflux?
--
Rick Onanian