Cable Fix Solder New end on ANY cable

I fix a $30 cable in 5minutes on a Toro Personal Pace mower.

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[DrakeDorosh]

Making a mold from a stick and filling it with flux is pure handyman genius. Thanks.

[williamscoggin]

Way to get it done dude! I said here before your video and watched about 10 other guys knowing that they're always different techniques to do different things and I formulate my own out of those. Yours was the absolute fastest no bull crap get it done and get back to work video of all of them. Some of them get so specific with what to use and how to do it, and it is just the end of a cable on a lawn mower, not the space shuttle!

DOUBLE THUMBS UP from TEXAS 👍🏻👍🏻

[JohnnySS]

Very awesome, I had worked at a small engine repair shop a few years back and watch many people roll their eyes back when we would tell them a price of a new cable. Some model's had double cables, so if one failed you had to buy the set, plus labor. But all cable failure is due to friction or rot from lack of lubrication. If a piece of equipment is left outside or even in shed's due to humidity and temp fluctuations moisture will travel down the cables and pool causing damage. Honda's equipment engineer's took this into thought and have rubber grommets to protect the cables from moisture entry, yet recommend removal for access to lubrication. So spray with lube often and save the cables. Good job Sixty 5 !

[sixtyfiveford]

I tried this 15 yrs ago and gave up. I learned the tricks to get this to work years ago and it has saved me $100s in cables. I have used the cable stops with the set screws with mixed results.

[No.YouTheAnuth]

Stumbled upon your video and decided to see what you were doing. When you put the flux on the WOOD, and then the solder, .. I thought 'wtf is this guy doing hahaha' ...then, once I realized you weren't putting another 'S' stopper on it, you sir, officially blown my mind. Great idea using the wood as somewhat of a 'forge casting' for the solder. Never WOODa thought of that ;)

[derekloney]

Dude you just completely blew my mind I am just completely mind blown right now I have a 80 CC 2 stroke motor mounted on my mountain bike and I just literally popped the end of what you just replaced on that lawnmower off the end of my throttle cable and I literally did something very similar to that I just basically freehanded it in midair I sat inside my vehicle and had something over my lap and basically held the wire put the flux on it and then basically slowly heated up the silver sautter and made it form little droplet and just starting for minute around the end of the wire I know it's not like the best idea but I didn't know what else to do and I was trying to get it fixed like now and it was the only thing I can think of and then I came across your video and Oh my God did you just gave me a helluva good idea you are awesome thank you so much

[williamdavis]

Went over to a buddy's house yesterday after watching this video. He had popped the ball end off the clutch cable on his Victory motorcycle. Those cables cost about a 100 bucks. We fixed it in one hour. Had to do it a few times. The key was, don't make the hole too big. Just a little hole does the trick. Worked like a charm! Thank you for the info.

[vintrestgarage]

Always amazes me to see these ingenuous do it yourself fixes and Save $. I've made several cable repairs, this one is new to me for this type of cable. I'll try this on my OEM enduro clutch cable that cost $30 repop.This country was built off of guys like us. Thanks for sharing

[DoingItCheap]

It is amazing how we can get views from 7 year old videos !! Information is just as valuable today as it was in 2012 ! I can't always remember or use every idea you demonstrate, but I sure know where to go when I do ! I did something similar to this on the cable that winches my spare tire into place under the truck !

[davidcornwell]

Love going back through these old tip videos.

[angiebrayton]

This worked! I had the end come off of my recliner cable. I drilled a hole in a piece of wood and used a soldering iron to drip solder into the hole then stuck the cable end into the solder and viola! it's fixed! Thanks!

[Superiorpowerwash]

Another great video! Wish I would have known about this years ago, bought several cables that were expensive and could have been repaired. Thank You for the great videos saving us time and money!

[codemiesterbeats]

Probably going to try this here in while. I have a relatively new MTD/Troy-Bilt mower and it has been an absolute nightmare. No exaggeration parts literally keep falling off. (Started with the pulley guards they got a crack because they were too thin... Which led to the deck belt coming off, also now the blade brakes have rattled themselves off... And just a few moments ago the tiny cable that activates the blades just pulled off the business end)
I have an older MTD mower circa 2002 or so and it was a champ.
So much so that if I can find a motor for that one it will certainly be put back into service 😅

[davidreynolds]

Im impressed. Id bet money that wouldnt have held. You got that solder so hot i figured it had burned away. And the fact that you put no heat to the cable did answer my question. Theres so many how tos on this subject its unreal and non sounded like they would work. I thought heating the cable would cause problems. Some said you had to heat the crap out of it. Thanks for the video. Looks like it was holding pretty well.

[johnb]

Excellent!  Lost a cable end on my snowblower during the last snow fall.  This looks like the perfect fix..Can't wait to try it out.  Thanks again!

[neilfroggycrompton]

clean cable with flux or sandpaper first, also bend the end of cable back on itself as this give the solder more to bite into & it will hold it much better :)

[sixtyfiveford]

Neat site. They have a lot of stuff to build custom cables. Thanks for the comment and watching.

[Paul_Sheila]

thank you Sir! you just saved me $40.00!

[crazygeorgelincoln]

nice and quick, best method iv seen. gone through a bunch of vids on the same subject, half spend a lifetime deciding where to cut the cable and the other half witter on about there magical unobtanium materials.

[rivercarson]

I was looking for a way to put a new end on a throttle cable. This looks like the perfect fix. Thanks.