Where to get cable barrels (or whatever they are called)

[vivaspeed]

Tried to make the tilting seats in my Viva work properly and the mechanism in one was no longer attached - pretty much explained why it didn't work.

After peeling back the seat upholstery I see the cable had snapped and was missing a part...

I think it's called a cable barrel. It has a flat on the back of it so it sits in a lever, which is different to most designs I've seen on the internet which don't have the flat - i.e. used in carb throttle linkages etc.

Anyone got any good sources for these types of things? About 5mm diameter (or imperial equivalent)

In position (at the good end, not the difficult inside the seat bit)...

[Beaver]

drill out a bolt and tap a thread in it?

/too much effort if they are easy to find

[vivaspeed]

Was thinking about getting a normal one and welding a washer on the back.

Drill and tap is waaaay to hard.

[10Speed]

os scooter shops or kart places might be a good starting point...

or if its a complete nightmare I can send you a plain one

[Borgweiser]

Would you like to borrow my time machine to go back to the future- to the Vauxhall parts department circa 1970's? The time tunnel might trip you out a bit and you might end up making your mum fall in love with you or some other weird shit. Otherwise I would recommend going down to Fortress fastenings, or if no luck there go to or ring Burnsco, the marine outfit, they carry some weird cable fixings in stock for boats etc

[yeah yeah na]

melbar cables in the hutt will more than likely have one.

[vivaspeed]

I had thought about going to see Melbar. Could do with replacing the cable too so they seem a logical choice.

Was hoping someone would be instantly "oh go see xyz"...

Borg: tell more about time machine/vauxhall parts dept - sounds awesome!

[flyingbrick]

yep go to your local model store that has rc planes.

[Brock-Lee]

Any bike shop should have them. They have a funny name I cant remember but in Burkes they are in a box under the front counter haha

[Seedy Al]

yeah motor bike stores also

[Steelies]

knarps

[Brock-Lee]

knarps

Thats the fucker

[Steelies]

if you wind up at a complete loss i'll make em for ya. but yeah all the above places are best to start with.

[Llama]

Have these on MGs too, although unsure on the exact size. I can get mine from Paul Walbran, but there's probably a supplier in welly that could do them.