How to set up pull-pull cables

[Brian Billings]

I use the plastic coated steel wire, just go through whatever connector your
using and  back on itself, wrap five times and heat with lighter until
plastic coating melts together. Never had one come apart, FWIW.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at cox.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: How to set up pull-pull cables


>
> On Mar 7, 2005, at 8:28 AM, Dean Pappas wrote:
>
> > I loop through the crimp sleeve a total of 3 times.  Once through the
> > sleeve, and through the eye bolt,
> > back through the sleeve, loop around outside and pass back through the
> > sleeve in the same direction.
> > If you pull that last loop tight, the cable won't make the turn to
> > pull through the sleeve.
>
> I do the three-pass method with the pull-pull cables, but I make all
> three passes through the sleeve.  The three passes of the cables
> naturally fit perfectly in the sleeve and, when you crimp the sleeve,
> there's no way the loop can pull through it.  No failures in hundreds
> (maybe thousands) of flights.
>
> Ron Van Putte
>
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