18 May 11 14:00, mark lewis wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    RW>>> Hmmm. Can't imagine why that would happen unless you got two faulty   
    RW>>> cables in a row.   
      
    TW>> The cable must be getting kinked somehow during instal or it is too   
    TW>> short and making a sharper curve then designed for,   
    TW>> With the talk of a Transmission "Swap" I would think the latter.   
      
    RW>> I have the same TH350 setup in my Malibu and no problems with   
    RW>> broken speedo cables. His is an 80, while mine is a 79. The   
    RW>> difference being that in 1980 they began using lockup torque   
    RW>> converters in that TH350. Both transmissions are identical except   
    RW>> for that feature.   
      
    ml> it almost sounds to me like there's additional rubbing inside,   
    ml> somewhere, which may be wearing the internal jacket causing sharp   
    ml> edges which could be   
    ml>  catching the cable... could it be that the new cables have been   
    ml> routed incorrectly which may be adding an additional or more bend   
    ml> than the original had?   
      
   Maybe. But I think it would be more along the lines of no lubrication. The   
   cable manufacturer probably included an instruction sheet with the cable   
   that told the installer to lube the cable before installation and he   
   didn't read the instructions. Which is par for the course in many shops.   
      
      
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