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Default How does Bowden cable work

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Anyone have any idea how this is supposed to be attached ? Maybe I am
missing something about how Bowden cables work and the sheath doesn't
need to be attached.


If you look at high load situations where you need flexible cables - like
say a car gearchange - they generally use two so the load is taken by each
as a pull.

If you wish to have one which both pulls and pushes - for low load only -
it need a solid inner (so far less flexible) and the outer secured at both
ends. That can be with a clamp, or a crimped on ferrule secured to a
bracket by a circlip, etc.

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