The control cables operate as they should but the outer sleeves are very grubby and frayed. I’m reluctant to replace perfectly good working cables but their appearance will detract on the end product. I’ve just discovered heat shrink tubing. It’s a Polyolefin material which is bought just large enough to slip over an existing cable and when heated up with a hot air gun or hair dryer shrinks up to half it’s original diameter. It’s very cheap so I’ll try sleeving the cables to see if improves appearances. Update. Just sleeved the carb control cable and it now looks like new. I had to very slightly file down the brass nipple at the lever end of the wire for the sleeve to fit over. Few products do ‘exactly what is says on the can’ but this does. Thank goodness they don’t make condoms from this material. Ouch !
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