Just the other day I came across a method of "squaring up" a cable
end for use in a speedometer. was on a home machinist website, of
course i can't recall the name. the procedure was to mill a
triangular groove in the face of two bits of steel so that when
clamped together they formed a die with the correct cross section.

the cable end is clamped between these blocks to form the "square end".

seemed a lot of bother and I had a hard tie believing the strands
would stay together. maybe i skipped over something.

I imagine a ferrule (bike cable end?) crimped on and filed would work
better.

Alistair

On 28-Jul-09, at 6:23 PM, Geo & Kathleen Hahn wrote:

If you live in a town big enough to have a speedo shop (the
instrument, not
your low-rise spandex swimsuit) they do this in minutes.

But also -- I recently noticed in the HELP! section of my FLAPS a
do-it-yourself speedo cable replacement.  You cut to length and
presumably
do something to make the square end.  Of course, this only replaces the
inner cable but that is what usually is needed.

Note -- I have not tried this kit myself so I can't attest to it's
suitability.

Geo

----- Original Message -----
From: "Courtney Hook" <courtneyhook@SHAW.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: NLA - lower speedometer cable

>
> John, is it anything special? Motorcycle supply places make up custom
> cables
> all the time depending on what ends you need.
> Courtney
>