[ARC5] Bowden tuning cables

Mike Hanz aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org
Tue Mar 26 13:31:10 EDT 2013


BTW I note with interest that the ARB manual spells the name for this 
cable as Bowdin.

The tuning cables are, well, called "tuning cables...":-)

  - Mike

On 3/26/2013 12:33 PM, Mike Hanz wrote:
> On 3/26/2013 10:51 AM, J. Forster wrote:
>> I wish I could find one of those throttle cables for the ARB.
>
> Easy (relatively) - http://www.jcwhitney.com/choke-cable/p2031668.jcwx 
> looks like a pretty close match, though it does not have the cloth 
> covering, which I suspect you could get from one of the antique radio 
> parts sellers.
>
> Simply spraying it black might be close enough.  You'll need one of 
> the 5/8"-27 knurled coupling nuts used with the tuning cables and it 
> will be necessary to make a ferrule sized to the outer sheath of the 
> cable and stake or epoxy it on (after sliding the coupling nut on, of 
> course.)



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