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paul66beetle wrote:they can produce the whole cable including any sleeves and rubbers to VW's design.

Do you want a picture of what the guide looks like? I have a new VW cable in the van for spares

Cruz wrote:Do you want a picture of what the guide looks like? I have a new VW cable in the van for spares

kinda like this?

What I will need is a an original unused item to work with. Old cables stretch so no use using an old one.

The guys here can draw it up in CAD and the manufacture a sample.

Simples

Forgive the sceptisism what may be uneconomical or difficult to one person is do-able to another, get it made and put me down for one for a spare
all the best mike

metalmick8y wrote:Forgive the sceptisism what may be uneconomical or difficult to one person is do-able to another, get it made and put me down for one for a spare
all the best mike

Cheers Mike, thanks to a member on this forum I have a New Genuine VW stock cable, so when that arrives I will take it into work. They have already seen whats expected and are still confident it can be done.

Thats the way, 30yrs back I took an 8cyl composite head gasket into a bradford gasket company and said I want 2 please, they made them no problem cost if I recall £70 each but was the only way to complete an 80 year old engine
keep us posted, pm if ness
mike

I'll be watching to see how these turn out, I need to replace my brakes asap.

cruising_r32 wrote:I'll be watching to see how these turn out, I need to replace my brakes asap.

I received a NOS genuine part today so will take it into work tomorrow to give to the CAD guys. It will get drawn up then a prototype/sample made up.

If you do, I would buy the guides.

paul66beetle wrote:

cruising_r32 wrote:I'll be watching to see how these turn out, I need to replace my brakes asap.

I received a NOS genuine part today so will take it into work tomorrow to give to the CAD guys. It will get drawn up then a prototype/sample made up.

Are you aiming to just make the guides and rubber boot to fit on a replacement cable or are looking to get the cable made up too with the guide and boot already attacted as per OEM?

Simon Baxter wrote:If you do, I would buy the guides.

The hard plastic guides are being drawn up in CAD as I type The rubber boot may cause a few niggles from a manufacturing point of view. Could be quite costly with moulding, especially if done in small quantities.

Cable is the easy part

Cruz wrote:

paul66beetle wrote:

cruising_r32 wrote:I'll be watching to see how these turn out, I need to replace my brakes asap.

I received a NOS genuine part today so will take it into work tomorrow to give to the CAD guys. It will get drawn up then a prototype/sample made up.

Are you aiming to just make the guides and rubber boot to fit on a replacement cable or are looking to get the cable made up too with the guide and boot already attacted as per OEM?

Ideally as OEM, the guide hole is smaller than the fittings so if done to OEM everything would need to be assembled before cable ends are finished. Price and production costs may dictate otherwise though.

Is no news good news?

I understand matters are in hand as they say
mike