Cutting Lokar Throttle Cable

Stainless steel braided throttle cable housing LOK-TC-1000HT

[@michaelzurl7653]

Thanks for posting this video, it was helpful in solving my problem. My kickdown cable was already installed before my transmission, but now I need to shorten it about a foot. Removing it from the transmission, due to tight work space, I had to find another way. With a Dremel and a small cutoff wheel, I proceeded to just cut through the braded metal sheath, leaving the soft inner liner alone. Once the sheath was cut through, I cut the liner with a knife and slid off the unwanted piece. Of course, with your advice, I pulled the ferule back and now moved it forward as before. Perfect result, without having to remove the cable from my transmission to shorten it. Thanks again!

[@saulikoukkula6500]

nice vid. just about to get one of these

[@billhayes9408]

Dude, that's a bit of Overkill using an angle grinder! Just use a Dremel tool with a reinforced cutting wheel. Be sure the cutting wheel is turning in the direction of the twist in the cable. You will not get a frayed cable. Definitely more accurate and safer.

[@PhillipC01]

Can you help me please?I have a brand new LOK-TC-1000HT braided S.S that I just cut & was installing on my Charger but I accidentally slipped off the ferrule pulling too hard with a pair of pliers just as I was about to install into my mounting bracket.I'm so mad at myself!! I left a few inches of play,thankfully but I need to find a way to get the hose back into the ferrule with the frayed hose.Or maybe another way of cutting the hose so it don't fray.I used a fine toothed hacksaw.Thanks

[@richardsherman5143]

Get another one and start over, we all learn from our mistakes. Sorry, I know it wasn't the answer you were looking for.

[@yeetskeetledeet8184]

Wrap it TIGHT with electrical tape, like 6 or 7 times around. When you have a good bit of tape on there, use a cutoff wheel and cut halfway through. Flip the cable over, and cut the rest of the way through from the other side. If you cut all the way through from one side, sometimes the cutting wheel grabs the stainless strands on the back side and makes the line fray pretty bad. With the tape still on the line, try compressing any frayed strands inward with your fingers. Take the tape off CAREFULLY, lube the stainless line and the ferrule, and work it onto the line while twisting the ferrule slightly. When you’re putting the ferrule on make sure you aren’t pushing any strands backward, thatll fuck ya up real good. Good luck.

[@scanner2350]

You didn't show how to cut the actual cable, just the sleeve.

[@StuKellyMotorsports]

thats the easy part....

[@richardsherman5143]

Tape the cable with electrical tape, and cut through the tape with a wiz wheel.