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Old April 6th 2003, 23:05
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Arrow 944 handbrake cables

OK. I have the beetle cables and the 944 ends. What type of clamp would be suitable for this situation? Does the kerscher kit use beetle cables and 944 ends? This is the last piece left in my conversion.

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Old April 7th 2003, 02:01
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Hi,
I just used the beetle handbrake cable as is when I did a 1983 944 swap on my former 1303. The only thing you have to change on the 944 handbrake internals is to make yourself a new plate to which the handbrake cable is connected. The 944 part is 4 mm thick, so I sawed a 4 mm thick iron plate to match the 944 part, only made some sort of 'hook' on it, in the place where normally the 944 cable is attached, so the beetle handbrake cable can now attach itself in the 'original' way. Make sure the arch of the hook is a bit wider than the 944 part in that way, so the hook is strong enough.
Its difficult to describe this part in 3D...
I hope you can now make your own as well.
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Old April 7th 2003, 11:06
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There is a nice picture of the part on the 3rd page of the brake gallery on the main site.

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Old April 7th 2003, 11:31
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The Kerscher kit consists of 944 ends that crimp onto the Beetle's cables. These are used in conjuction with the Kerscher spacer for the cable sleeve into the backing plate.
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Old April 7th 2003, 11:45
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Kerscher sells only the ends? Any idea how much? Where can read German here? Thanks.

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Old April 8th 2003, 06:05
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Remember in that other thread where I posted how to navigate to the ball joints on the Kerscher page, well the rear cable parts (including the ends) are on that same page.

They are 15 EURO each but you'll need the spacer also @ 18 EURO each.
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Old April 8th 2003, 06:22
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Spacer? What's the spacer for?
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Old April 8th 2003, 08:19
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It's used to offset the difference in length between the 944 and Beetle cable.
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Old April 8th 2003, 11:03
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Oh... Thanks.

Hmm... 15 Euros x 2 + 18 Euros x 2 + Beetle cable.

That's 66 Euros excluding the Beetle cable. I think I can get the local handbrake shop to make some for 60 Euros all in, ready to install. Anyone interested? He can get the connectors made but dang.... We are going to need a BIG order.

I'll talk to him if there's any interest.
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Old April 8th 2003, 22:04
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What I meant by 944 ends was that I have approximately 10cm of the 944 cable with the ends attached to it. So I was wondering what kind of cable clamp or other method of attaching the 944 cable + end would be the best.

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Old April 8th 2003, 23:39
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Ok,

Here's a trick. Go to a good handbrake cable shop. They will be able to unclamp the connectors and then re-clamp them on your Beetle cables.

But make your measures right! They can only do it once more as the connectors won't be as strong after repeated unclamping and re-clamping....

Good luck! And do take down some number and share with us here.

By the way, how did you locate just the end connectors? Everyone seems to want to sell me a whole cable!!! Grr..

Got any more lying around?

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Old April 9th 2003, 01:49
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The cable ends are available new from Kerscher for 30EUROs.

As for the splice for the cables that vw1303 wants to do, just go to a hardware store and ask for a crimp on cable splice or as SprintStar said you could just use the ends.
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I cut the cable ends off when I was dismantling my 83 944. That is why my question was kind of a special case because you usually don't have the 944 cables to begin with.
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Old April 9th 2003, 02:42
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As for the splice for the cables that vw1303 wants to do, just go to a hardware store and ask for a crimp on cable splice
Will they be strong enough? I'm not sure if they can stand up to the weight of the car on a hill.....

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Old April 9th 2003, 03:26
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That I can not answer as I personally have not, and would not, use this method. I merely posted a known way to splice cables, a fence repair kit comes to mind as well.
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