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Broken coil cable E-Trac

WV62

Well-known member
I had a broken cable on my 8 x 6 and it is only a couple of years old. I repaired the cable but was looking to extend the cable life. I contacted Elmy and he sent me video of a guy doing the same thing with the coil cables. First in the video he suggested using a 7mm split conduit on the cable area from the coil to the area going into the shaft. I have some of that conduit on order.
Then he suggested turning the coil around backwards, I did that and it looked a lot better. After looking at that for a couple of days I had the thought to also turn the lower shaft around backwards as well. After doing that I now have almost a straight from the coil to the opening in the shaft.
This looks really good to me so I am going with it.
Just passing along ideas that may interest some E-Trac users.
Ron in WV

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Update, I hunted today with fix above for the first time and it works really well. When you adjust the coil angle the cable just slides up in the shaft or pulls a little out. I think the cable would never break again in that area.
 
Update, I hunted today with fix above for the first time and it works really well. When you adjust the coil angle the cable just slides up in the shaft or pulls a little out. I think the cable would never break again in that area.
That is a great idea and good report of actual performance in the field.
This should work well on most coils . Your idea should save many others from wearing the cable out on their coils.
Great work.


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