should be used as a training video for others making training videos. a. no horrible music b. starts off talking about some of the challenges instead of pretending like everything is always easy c. no jumps. all the steps are shown and described (with static downtime nicely removed). really well done. wish i did this search a week ago. or maybe not. every horribly failed disaster is a learning experience i guess.
Thanks for the instructions, my clutch cable is fixed and working great. I didn't have lead solder or Methyl Hydrate, so I tried it with acetone, and used regular rosin core solder. It worked perfectly.
this is a superlative how-to video. you describe the process incredibly well, thank you for putting this together so nicely. i bet if you had a block of silicone instead of the wood, you could have a reusable block that wouldn't burn that you could use as a mold for the lead!
Sometimes you need to repair one of these cables TODAY, and can't wait a week or two for a replacement through the mail. This is an excellent technique, quick and easy, to repair such a cable.
thanks for the tip, ive watched all your video's and learned how to work on all my stuff because of what ive seen in your vids. Thanks for making me the small engine mechanic i always wanted to be!
I have a 1993 Corvette and my throttle cable broke off the dealer doesn't make the cable anymore and there are no after market suppliers. This video has saved me time and several hundred dollars for the cost of a new cable. Thank you.
That's kinda what I do ...I use aluminum foil ,shape it by pushing on my finger and leave a handle ..forming a small pot of sorts ..then I cut pieces of solder ,put them into the small aluminum foil pot ..heat it till it melts and dip the cable ....I also have to Frey the ends ...i like your way better since the wood acts like a form..the drillbit idea is genius! I also never cleaned my cable and had success...so I bet doing it your way works out to be perfect...clean ,fluxed,with the wood mold ! Awesome bud ...awesome !
DONYBOY !! YOUR TALENT ALLWAYS AMAZES ME !! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK DUDE! IAM SURE OTHERS LIKE ME ARE ALWAYS FINDING YOUR VIDS A GREAT HELP WITH MONEY SAVING IDEAS!! HAVE A BEER ON ME!!
Don, you do a really good job of presenting your information by video! I also appreciate the time and thought you have put into your neat and efficient shop!!! I wish you continued success ! Paul in Pennsylvania
Yayyyyyy! I was going to take an old hand brake from a bicycle, but now I can put the cable back in the lawnmower handle just like new. Thanks for this.
Don: I bought 50ft. of 1/8" galvanised cable at Princess Auto for $10. I got some old led weights from car wheels. Used your method and I am saving me and my friends a fortune. Also, because the cables are galvanised they are not plastic coated, and will never rust, and the plastic will never crack up or peal off, and the cable fits perfectly into the groove in the little wheels that they go on. THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great bit of info, that will be useful. The guy who showed you that misled you in one regard, though. It's pronounced "SOLDER" as in holder, colder, folder, older, etc, not "sodder" as in fodder, rodder, modder, etc. Pull him up on that one. Thanks again! :-)
Years ago, when into motorbikes in England, when throttle cables broke, the answer was to use a barrel nipple with a screw in the end to grip the cable. They lasted for a while and then you had to buy a new cable. If only I had known this trick! Nice one Donyboy
Donyboy, I want to thank you for sharing your knowledge, this video was great stuff to know. Your passion shows through in all your work and then giving all of us help is a wonderful gift. Thank you.
I first needed (and failed!) to solder a m/cycle clutch cable in 1964. I've never been able to successfully solder any cable since, despite trying many times and using masses of heat and endless solder. So a BIG thank you, donyboy - a great tip for succesfully doing a seemingly impossible task!
2 weeks ago mine broke.. i was stressing out where i would get one to fit without having to pay heaps for a custom size since my motorcycle is a little older and parts are not exactly streaming around the place. Mate you are a CHAMPION!! i will do this asap and get her back on the road. Thank you for this helpful video =)
sweeet idea danny. I myself do use general purpose copper tubing,whichever size i need i cut it of a roll, wheather it be a, 1/8,3/16, 5/16 or whatever size i need to make the same sizeknob end. make sure it clean inside of copper tube (i use scotctbrite 3m green scuff pad). drill the same size hole in the one side of copper tube as the same size as the cable itself. Lay this small piece of prefered copper tubing vertically on a wooden table/workbench(hold wit small visegrips if you got a shakey hand). fill it with flux,install your cleaned and prepared cable in through the side of the tubing.Heat tubing until flux bubbles whilst holing cable in hole, fill u copper tubing with solder until its full to the top.Hold steady let it cool. now its a good bushing for movement and wearing charactristics of the copper itself.ty 100-100 vid!!
More than a decade old, and yet still a GREAT how-to. Thanks! But I'd be careful putting lead on a grinding wheel. Airborne lead dust demands use of a good particulate mask!
Thanks for the tutorial! I fixed a $60 broken cable with this technique, worked perfect!!! BTW, I used silver solder and flux for doing copper plumbing, seems to be holding up so far.
Great video. I like that. I also saw a similar video and the guy took a core from a Old D cell battery and drilled it like you did in the wood but he drilled the battery core and it does not burn. Interesting. You may like that as well.
thanks so much for this it works great instead of the methyl stuff I used denatured alcohol I was so pissed off yesterday harley davidson wanted $190 for a steel braided throttle cable and I needed it asap for a long trip . I went to a bicycle shop bought a cable for $4 and followed your instructions it came out like factory I even put it in a vise and pulled +yanked to be sure
@donyboy73 Thanks I will enquire here in the UK will Call Gas petrol strange how different countries call things different Thanks for your uploads I will watch the rest I enjoyed them
I'd like to suggest you consider a piece of hardwood like oak or walnut instead of pine or fir for your soldering mold. Hardwoods won't char and burn nearly as easily as the pine. Less likely to contaminate your solder.
Yea; I am happy to learn this. I am wondering if a mold can be made of something non-flamable; like a metal or something that will not heatsink the work.
Dony. Did this on a old poulan chainsaw last night. I didn't like the the stock setup of the throttle cable. So I made a more direct route and had to shorten it. Worked awesome. By the way I used carb cleaner to clean the wire and it seemed to work good,
Optional degreaser is window cleaner. Leaves no streaks or residue behind. Cheaper and most homes already have it in the kitchen. No harmful solvents required.
Excellent tip!! I would never have thought that I could repair a cable with this method!! I must commend you on an excellent and professional channel. I will be sharing it with my friends.
Ingenious video. Well done and very practical and unique application for the DIYer. Have seen a few variations on repairing/modifying end cables on RUclips. This is also very good. Thanks donyboy73.
very good video, thank you for putting this up my father has a 1980 honda xl250s and as you guessed the throttle cable is impossible to find so im using your method to fix the cable as a surprise for him
This is great! Thank you. Next, I was wondering if you have a method to replace or add the metal ferrules to the ends of the outer covering on the cables?
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This video was posted in 2010, here we are in 2023 and I'm using this video as a reference. Thanks for the straight to the point video
Possibly the best RUclips video ever. Clear, concise, not a single wasted word, straight & to the point.
check out my other videos Robert!
should be used as a training video for others making training videos.
a. no horrible music
b. starts off talking about some of the challenges instead of pretending like everything is always easy
c. no jumps. all the steps are shown and described (with static downtime nicely removed).
really well done. wish i did this search a week ago. or maybe not. every horribly failed disaster is a learning experience i guess.
And no long, interminable opening and closing credits
Every failure is a prompt to success. Strive on.
things I learned in this video 1.) cut 45 degree V notches in my vise. great hack I need it too. 2.) How to make my own cable ends. Thanks Donnyboy!
Very very helpful!
Thanks!
I'm a mechanic and this will come in handy many times, especially when dealing with obsolete equipment.
Thanks for the instructions, my clutch cable is fixed and working great. I didn't have lead solder or Methyl Hydrate, so I tried it with acetone, and used regular rosin core solder. It worked perfectly.
this is a superlative how-to video. you describe the process incredibly well, thank you for putting this together so nicely.
i bet if you had a block of silicone instead of the wood, you could have a reusable block that wouldn't burn that you could use as a mold for the lead!
Wow... That was old school fabrication. You def learned that from a legend bc no one would even think to take it that far back...its elemental...
Sometimes you need to repair one of these cables TODAY, and can't wait a week or two for a replacement through the mail. This is an excellent technique, quick and easy, to repair such a cable.
PERFECT! and for 2 days I've beat myself over this simple fix
greetings from Canada
thanks for the tip, ive watched all your video's and learned how to work on all my stuff because of what ive seen in your vids. Thanks for making me the small engine mechanic i always wanted to be!
Excellent tips Danny......ya lead is scarce today.....maybe use old fishing sinkers if you can't find lead.
I have a 1993 Corvette and my throttle cable broke off the dealer doesn't make the cable anymore and there are no after market suppliers. This video has saved me time and several hundred dollars for the cost of a new cable. Thank you.
Wow! This is amazing, I've tried and failed so many times doing this, finally a good method! Thank you.
That's kinda what I do ...I use aluminum foil ,shape it by pushing on my finger and leave a handle ..forming a small pot of sorts ..then I cut pieces of solder ,put them into the small aluminum foil pot ..heat it till it melts and dip the cable ....I also have to Frey the ends ...i like your way better since the wood acts like a form..the drillbit idea is genius! I also never cleaned my cable and had success...so I bet doing it your way works out to be perfect...clean ,fluxed,with the wood mold ! Awesome bud ...awesome !
Best soldering how to video on RUclips. I have watched them all and this one helped me the most. Thank you!!!
A brilliant idea. Thanks for spreading it to us poor DIYs.
At first I could not see where you were going with this till you pulled out the first one, then the light came on! Thanks for sharing!!!
DONYBOY !! YOUR TALENT ALLWAYS AMAZES ME !! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK DUDE! IAM SURE OTHERS LIKE ME ARE ALWAYS FINDING YOUR VIDS A GREAT HELP WITH MONEY SAVING IDEAS!! HAVE A BEER ON ME!!
Don, you do a really good job of presenting your information by video! I also appreciate the time and thought you have put into your neat and efficient shop!!! I wish you continued success ! Paul in Pennsylvania
thanks Paul!
GREAT video!! Will give this a shot. This method will save a LOT of people a LOT of money, and make a LOT of "stealerships" mad!!! THANK YOU!!
Wow 💥 you never cease to make me amazed at your vast knowledge of genuine common sense !!! Absolutely" love your videos !!!
Lmfao!!! BROOO... you are my lord and savior right now! TY
*Eight years later this is still an excellent video.*
Yayyyyyy! I was going to take an old hand brake from a bicycle, but now I can put the cable back in the lawnmower handle just like new. Thanks for this.
Don: I bought 50ft. of 1/8" galvanised cable at Princess Auto for $10. I got some old led weights from car wheels. Used your method and I am saving me and my friends a fortune. Also, because the cables are galvanised they are not plastic coated, and will never rust, and the plastic will never crack up or peal off, and the cable fits perfectly into the groove in the little wheels that they go on. THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wish I watched this video right when it came out, I threw so many lawnmower cables because they were broken on the end 😂
WOW in my 55 years I have never see it done like this. Thanks!!!
very good video thanks now i can fix my cables thank you
Great bit of info, that will be useful. The guy who showed you that misled you in one regard, though. It's pronounced "SOLDER" as in holder, colder, folder, older, etc, not "sodder" as in fodder, rodder, modder, etc. Pull him up on that one. Thanks again! :-)
Thank You : may I say You are the king of information ?
Best Regards
Years ago, when into motorbikes in England, when throttle cables broke, the answer was to use a barrel nipple with a screw in the end to grip the cable. They lasted for a while and then you had to buy a new cable. If only I had known this trick! Nice one Donyboy
Donyboy, I want to thank you for sharing your knowledge, this video was great stuff to know. Your passion shows through in all your work and then giving all of us help is
a wonderful gift. Thank you.
Just ordered a cable.Will try this next time thanks.
I first needed (and failed!) to solder a m/cycle clutch cable in 1964. I've never been able to successfully solder any cable since, despite trying many times and using masses of heat and endless solder.
So a BIG thank you, donyboy - a great tip for succesfully doing a seemingly impossible task!
2 weeks ago mine broke.. i was stressing out where i would get one to fit without having to pay heaps for a custom size since my motorcycle is a little older and parts are not exactly streaming around the place.
Mate you are a CHAMPION!! i will do this asap and get her back on the road. Thank you for this helpful video =)
Dude ur the man! Just made a throttle cable 4 my go kart, piece of cake. Hats off to you my friend
it dries very quick and cleans very well
sweeet idea danny. I myself do use general purpose copper tubing,whichever size i need i cut it of a roll, wheather it be a, 1/8,3/16, 5/16 or whatever size i need to make the same sizeknob end. make sure it clean inside of copper tube (i use scotctbrite 3m green scuff pad). drill the same size hole in the one side of copper tube as the same size as the cable itself. Lay this small piece of prefered copper tubing vertically on a wooden table/workbench(hold wit small visegrips if you got a shakey hand). fill it with flux,install your cleaned and prepared cable in through the side of the tubing.Heat tubing until flux bubbles whilst holing cable in hole, fill u copper tubing with solder until its full to the top.Hold steady let it cool. now its a good bushing for movement and wearing charactristics of the copper itself.ty 100-100 vid!!
Prefered method if I can find tubing. I could go out and fix a cable right now with what ive got on the bench, using this casting technique.
More than a decade old, and yet still a GREAT how-to. Thanks!
But I'd be careful putting lead on a grinding wheel. Airborne lead dust demands use of a good particulate mask!
Good tip!
i gotta say, your videos have helped me out more than once. great info and right to the point. fantastic work.
Used your system to repair a snowblower cable that is no longer available, thanks very much
Thanks for the tutorial! I fixed a $60 broken cable with this technique, worked perfect!!! BTW, I used silver solder and flux for doing copper plumbing, seems to be holding up so far.
Nice job Donny number 1
My hat is off to you man well done im going to do this to my throttle cable and you've helped me out a lot
Thank you for this video
Great tutorial! I'm going to re-make the front brake cable for my 1955 Matchless motorcycle! Thanks!
Great tip for a DIY fix. Thanks for the info and the well filmed, step by step instructions.
You're a bloody genius!
Awesome! I was stuck on an engine conversion in an old Landrover, this really helped.
This is genius! :D How did I ever get by without youtube?!
@BigAgitator i learned it from a mechanic myself, very handy like u say for obsolete cables
Thank you for this very well done video. I have been wanting to know how this has been done! Regards from a cyclist in Louisville KY.
Great video. I like that. I also saw a similar video and the guy took a core from a Old D cell battery and drilled it like you did in the wood but he drilled the battery core and it does not burn. Interesting. You may like that as well.
Thank you very much.
thanks so much for this it works great instead of the methyl stuff I used denatured alcohol I was so pissed off yesterday harley davidson wanted $190 for a steel braided throttle cable and I needed it asap for a long trip . I went to a bicycle shop bought a cable for $4 and followed your instructions it came out like factory I even put it in a vise and pulled +yanked to be sure
Once again I am impressed thank you very much. Who cares if it dont look pritty it works well that is all that counts. Thums up!!!
This is so helpful. Thank you
Don & Joanne
RIGHT ON. Thanks
Thank you for this info.: I'll be using your method to fix a broken bike brake cable tomorrow! Cheer's👌!
@donyboy73 Thanks I will enquire here in the UK will Call Gas petrol strange how different countries call things different
Thanks for your uploads I will watch the rest I enjoyed them
Great video Donny and appreciate your time doing these videos! Hats off to you man! Greetings from Manitoba!
GREAT VIDEO , i work on mowers and tillers . that is one of my problems , thanks
I'd like to suggest you consider a piece of hardwood like oak or walnut instead of pine or fir for your soldering mold. Hardwoods won't char and burn nearly as easily as the pine. Less likely to contaminate your solder.
BRAVO ! .DONYBOY
This could have saved me a ton of times. Never thought about doing this though. Thanks for the vid!
Worked like a charm! Thanks!
thank you for the video...I got useful information with your help...a nice work that every human being can do...
I use a solder pot I was lucky enuf to inherit- don't know if they are still made but you made a small version of it in the wood. Good job.
Very Good Video!!!!
Great Video .Been wanting to learn my whole life as well.The more you know ,the less you have to buy.
+tammygosnell yes for sure!
Yea;
I am happy to learn this.
I am wondering if a mold can be made of something non-flamable; like a metal or something that will not heatsink the work.
Dony. Did this on a old poulan chainsaw last night. I didn't like the the stock setup of the throttle cable. So I made a more direct route and had to shorten it. Worked awesome.
By the way I used carb cleaner to clean the wire and it seemed to work good,
excellent,that helps me a lot with my rebuild of my old voskhod 175.thanks
Good video. Thanks
just tryed in myself .. on my old skidoo throttle cable works like a brand new one :) ... thanks for the tip donyboy73
Very Nice Dony!
You could leave the cable in there and solder it on, in place.
just what i needed to know. Thanks! Your the man.
thank you sir
That was brilliant , Thank you for the info
Great video.
Optional degreaser is window cleaner. Leaves no streaks or residue behind. Cheaper and most homes already have it in the kitchen. No harmful solvents required.
Excellent tip!! I would never have thought that I could repair a cable with this method!! I must commend you on an excellent and professional channel. I will be sharing it with my friends.
thanks!
thanks Randy
Awesome video, nice tips
Ingenious video. Well done and very practical and unique application for the DIYer. Have seen a few variations on repairing/modifying end cables on RUclips. This is also very good. Thanks donyboy73.
very good video, thank you for putting this up my father has a 1980 honda xl250s and as you guessed the throttle cable is impossible to find so im using your method to fix the cable as a surprise for him
good!
Thanks so much, looked this up after spending hours with my soldering iron and bicycle cables in frustration.
Amazing, thanks again.
THANKS MAN!
Donyboy.....you posess some mad skills sir.....i'm big admirer...:)
thanks man
my pleasure....and thanx so much for the videos
very good video
these lawnmower replacement oem cables are killer prices
pretty ingenious
great video,,i have learned a lot from donyboy this guy knows his stuff tks
superb. have always wondered how this was done - now i know. thanks mate!!!!!!!!!
Good video!
That is really cool
If you get some old fishing weights, you can use that lead.
Thanks
This is great! Thank you. Next, I was wondering if you have a method to replace or add the metal ferrules to the ends of the outer covering on the cables?