I swapped out my control cables with stainless a while back
and had little to no trouble putting in the "open" cable.
Installing the closed cable was really, really difficult.
I ended up using pliers (stupid) to pull the internal cable into place at the hand grip. Obviously I did carb side first, leaving as much slack as possible. Kinked the cable but was functional for six months. Then it broke right where I used the pliers. Fortunately I was 1 block from home. A friend who has 35+ years of working with bikes, mostly antique Harleys, BMWs, Hendersons, etc. helped me put the stock "close" cable back. Also very tough. Now I want to put a new replacement stainless back on (without imposing upon Charlie who is very busy with his own restorations) but am very hesitant to do so because of the previous difficulties.
Has anyone any suggestions for this, what I assumed would be, a relatively simple task. Should I have done the grip
side first and then the carb side? I am haunted by my lack of knowledge. Previous to owning this machine I hadn't done any wrenching on anything since replacing brakes on a '71
VW back in the day. But I have done internal wiring for the
handlebars, sprocket swap, gaiter installation according to the great instructions supplied by the group here (for which I am eternally grateful). What am I doing wrong? It's an '04 America.
Thanks.
