| Starting
off with aproximately 12 to 14 inches of 1/16 inch cable and
4 1/16 inch crimps I picked up from a local hardware store.
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| Im
running RE
Generation 2 disconnects. My disconnects are a ring
with a pull pin. Some disconnects have a simple hair pin. This
same project could be done on the hair pin however there is
nothing that will prevent the hair pin from falling out unless
you tighten the cable. |
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| This
is what a crimp looks like. Its basically a light weight piece
of alluminum that has a figure "8" cut into it. |
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| Slide
the cable straight through the crimp. |
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| Slide
the cable through your disconnect. |
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| Push
the cable back through the other remaining hole in the crimp.
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| Prior
to crimping with a pair of pliers I adjusted the cable through
the crimp to make sure I had aproximately 1/4 to 1/2 inch of
loop around my disconnect. Also I left aproximately just shy
of 1/4 inch of slack on the outside of the crimp which can always
be trimmed later with a cutter or a drimel. |
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| Slide
the other crimp onto the cable towards the disconnect. |
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| Wrap
the cable around your disconnect and slide the remaining end
into the already installed crimp. |
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| Attempt
to disconnect your pin a few times and make sure there is enough
slack in the cable wrapped around the disconnect. You do not
want much slack, just enough to remove and connect. |
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| Tighten
if neccessary buy sliding the crimp up towards the disconnect.
I left roughly an inch of distance between each crimp so there
wasn't much length in the total project. I only wanted enough
length to pull the pin and re-install the pin. I didn't want
to have a piece of cable dangling or getting caught up in the
spring or shocks during normal street operation. |
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| Out
of curiousity I decided to use a brown marker, which I would
of used black if I had it to measure how much cable I was using. |
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| My
curiousity paid off. I had plenty of cable for the second tether.
Make sure when you measure you length you measure from end to
end and include the loop in the end. I needed just shy of 7-inches
to build my second tether. |
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| I
reinstalled the cable and crimp and pulled it just the way I
wanted it. |
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| I
couldn't get the grip I wanted on a pair of dikes so I used
a pair of channel locks to squeeze the little crimps to gether. |
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| Now
with everything crimped there is only one thing left to do.
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| Take
the dikes and cut off the uneeded amount. Again I left between
1/4 to 1/2 in lengh so I could trim it later if needed. |
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| Pin
pulls and links disconnect smoothly. I even yanked and tugged
on the pin to see if any of my crimps where loose. |
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Finished
product on the passenger side. Repeat the same process on the
Drivers side.
After each side I took my hand held drimel and I cut the remaining
slack just below 1/4 inch so I wouldn't poke or cut my hands.
Im thinking of taking some heat shrink tape and covering the
cable and ends so they are black, but so far the silver on silver
looks pretty good. =) |
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| This
is what one end looked like after I fought with cutting it the
first time. If you use a sharp pair of dikes you will have a
nice smooth edge. If you do not you can twist the cable with
the swirl and it will tighten up so you can feed it through
the crimps. If it doesn't trim off just enough so it leaves
a sharp edge and continue on. |
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