Buc,

Your thread made me aware that the twist direction of the spiral cable was critical to the proper fitment. I purchased a Dorman utility cable #55196 (choke cable), the outer sheath is the wrong twist and is smaller in diameter than the original, but the inner wire is the right diameter.  I cut off a short section of the original sheath and slid a section of a brass cartridge case (17HMR) over it and soldered it on leaving the original sheath inserted only 1/2 way. I then soldered a 22 rimfire case fully over the end of the new Dorman cable and inserted that into the 17HMR case and soldered them together. You do have to remove the rims on both cases and the neck on the 17HMR along with slightly reducing the diameter of the original sheath. I now have a new smaller cable with the correct size wire mated to the original cable sheath. Works great!

Steve

• This reply was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by Steve Petschel.

My cable total length is 37 inches long.

I don’t know what machining capabilities you have, but, I’ve done this in the past….Machine a part that looks exactly like the spool you refer to, but make the center bore as close in diameter as you can to whatever bowden cable you plan to use. Drill and tap the hole where the locating screw goes that locks it into the steering handle. On the opposite side, drill and tap and use a set screw to lock the bowden cable into the spool. There’s not a lot of pressure on that cable because it is also clamped at the carb end. All it does is hold the bowden cable inside the handle.

The other thing is to look for cheap parts motors like Speeditwins that are toast but have parts. Your motor looks like the one for sale at Tomahawk.

George