My replacement has a 3" piece of shrink wrap sliding up and down. I can't remember seeing one before...Is it supposed to be shrunk at one end or the other?
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Maybe its supposed to be positioned right at the point where the cable exits the Bowden tube. Kinda like a sheath.
All of there new genuine Porsche 356 cables come with a 3" sleeve that is stamped with a part number for ease of identification. Maybe it is something along those lines?
chines1 posted:All of there new genuine Porsche 356 cables come with a 3" sleeve that is stamped with a part number for ease of identification. Maybe it is something along those lines?
So it does not need to be shrunk at one end or the other?
Nope. I wondered about that on one of the new cables I bought. I pushed mine down to the "loop" end of the cable, where it catches the clutch hook inside of the tunnel and looked the other way. Figured I didn't know what the heck it was for and it wouldn't hurt anything on that end of the cable, anyway. On any new cables I've had made up (I take them to a local rigger to shorten them) I just slip it off after I cut off the stud end. If you have a seam ripper for sewing kicking around, you can cut it right off.
Or just forgetaboutit........
Roger that, thank you.
I was hoping it was some new discovery added to keep them from ever breaking