Date:         Mon, 2 Dec 2013 18:43:55 -0500
Reply-To:     Mike B <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         Mike B <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Looking for correct name or terminology f or a push-pull
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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Is there an echo in here?

On 12/2/2013 6:29 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> The Wikipedia tells us that the term is "Bowden cable":
>
> The linear movement of the inner cable is most often used to transmit a
> pulling force, although push/pull cables have gained popularity in
> recent years e.g. as gear shift cables. Many light aircraft use a
> push/pull bowden cable for the throttle control, and here it is normal
> for the inner element to be solid wire, rather than a multi-strand cable.
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>
> On 12/02/2013 11:05 AM, greentabe-vanagon@yahoo.com wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am looking for the correct terminology here:
>>
>> You know the heater and vent cables?  They are flexible sheathed rods
>> that can both push and pull.  By contrast a sheathed cable like a
>> bike brake cable can only pull - if you push on it it will buckle.
>>
>> What is the name of either a sheathed rod that can push and pull, or
>> a sheathed cable with a rod on the end, again for both pushing and
>> pulling?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> t johnson/90MV
>>