Quick and dirty fix for hood release cable guide sleeves

[Kneale Brownson]

The replacement sleeves are steel, I believe.  Your aluminum one will be
rubbing on steel.  May not last very long.


At 05:31 PM 9/9/2006 -0700, Jim Jordan wrote:
>Hi,
>
>While fiddling around with getting replacement guide sleeves I derived a
>cheap and dirty work around that may be as good as the replacements. I got
>an aluminum screw post in the specialty section of OSH(Orchard Supply
>Hardware).  It was nominally 1" long and had an OD of ~3/16", about the same
>as the small OD of the broken sleeve.  I drilled through from the threaded
>end of the screw post with a 1/8" bit making a hole through the head of the
>post.  Then I drilled through from the clamp side of the sleeve, the big
>end, with a bit the same size as the screw post OD, tapped the screw post
>through the head of the broken guide sleeve, and voila, a working guide
>sleeve.  
>
>I used regular tools, hand drill, etc.  Could be done better with a drill
>press, but then I could make them with a small lathe.  
>
>I'm buying a couple just in case........
>
>Cheers!
>
>Jim Jordan
>
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