Cougsfan
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- Location
- Eastern Washington State
- Tractor
- Ferguson TO35, Branson 4720CH
Here are three pictures that help illustrate the situation.
The first picture shows my jury rigged solution to hold the sheath in place. It actually worked for a couple of months until the new joystick/cable arrangement came and I found time to change it. With hind site, there are better and more permanent "jury rigs" I am sure.
Picture 2 shows the cable removed and the sleeve pulled back. Notice the sheath construction of straight wires surrounded by a spiral wrap covered with rubber. Also notice the inner cable construction of a spiral wound metal band.
Picture 3 shows the sleeve pulled into position. At the end of the inner cable is a threaded rod that screws into the ball arrangement on the joystick. I seriously doubt this metal rod has came detached on your cable. I think everything on mine looks similar to the situation you have.
More notes: I doubt very seriously that you can even disconnect the cable from the joystick without also disconnecting it at the other (hydraulic controls) end. And I am still not sure how you would disassemble the joystick. I can now see why Branson sells the cables/joystick unit as one item and not separately. The whole arrangement is so esoteric and complicated, the average mechanic could probably not change a cable alone without a great deal of frustration. I highly suggest you try my solution of a plastic tubing sleeve clamped in place to hold the sheath to the sleeve. Use 4 miniature clamps just to be safe (2 on the sleeve, 2 on the cable. All as close together as possible.) This can be done with the cable in place and no disassembly. Otherwise you will have a major jigsaw puzzle type of repair that would be difficult to re-adjust correctly if you did figure out how to tear it all apart..
The first picture shows my jury rigged solution to hold the sheath in place. It actually worked for a couple of months until the new joystick/cable arrangement came and I found time to change it. With hind site, there are better and more permanent "jury rigs" I am sure.
Picture 2 shows the cable removed and the sleeve pulled back. Notice the sheath construction of straight wires surrounded by a spiral wrap covered with rubber. Also notice the inner cable construction of a spiral wound metal band.
Picture 3 shows the sleeve pulled into position. At the end of the inner cable is a threaded rod that screws into the ball arrangement on the joystick. I seriously doubt this metal rod has came detached on your cable. I think everything on mine looks similar to the situation you have.
More notes: I doubt very seriously that you can even disconnect the cable from the joystick without also disconnecting it at the other (hydraulic controls) end. And I am still not sure how you would disassemble the joystick. I can now see why Branson sells the cables/joystick unit as one item and not separately. The whole arrangement is so esoteric and complicated, the average mechanic could probably not change a cable alone without a great deal of frustration. I highly suggest you try my solution of a plastic tubing sleeve clamped in place to hold the sheath to the sleeve. Use 4 miniature clamps just to be safe (2 on the sleeve, 2 on the cable. All as close together as possible.) This can be done with the cable in place and no disassembly. Otherwise you will have a major jigsaw puzzle type of repair that would be difficult to re-adjust correctly if you did figure out how to tear it all apart..