December 11, 2012 Comments off  (1) Components. Dirt bike
control cables consist of an external housing and an inner wire
that slides through it. The wire transfers force to and from the
controls on the bars to components of the engine (throttle, hot-
start, clutch or compression release). The housing has a
threaded length adjuster and end caps (called ferrules) at the
ends. Each end of the wire has a soldered-on fitting, which is
usually a barrel type on dirt bikes. Some applications utilize
an aluminum elbow to hold the cable at a strict bend for routing
purposes.  (2) Housing. The housing consists of a semi-rigid,
metallic skeleton with a vinyl inner liner and outer coating.
The metallic skeleton can be constructed in different ways. A
coil-wound cable means that the skeleton’s metallic strands
spiral around the housing like a coil spring. A coil-wound cable
is more willing to make curves and bends, but the housing is
more likely to compress and bind. A longitudinally wound cable
means that the structure ru