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Re: RE:type3 throttle cable (was NEW 69 FASTBACK OWNER)


Interesting, I  always thought them to be the most reliable.  The hand
brakes on both my Notch and the Eggcrate still worked properly after sitting
over 20 years.

Keith


>
> I find the hand brake cables to be the least reliable of all our cables.
The
> Bowden tube windings get rusty and either seize up on the inner wire, or
just
> collapse. I've never broken a clutch cable, but I have a number of NOS
spares
> here if anyone needs one.
>
> -- 
> Jim Adney
> jadney@vwtype3.org
> Madison, WI 53711-3054
> USA


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